#raspberrypi IRC Log

IRC Log for 2013-03-26

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[0:01]* rideh (~rideh@static-63-131-11-101.ind.choiceone.net) Quit (Quit: rideh)[0:02]<Tim_2> any ideas of some values/hints i can play with?[0:02]<Tim_2> or an alternative advice to check the basic function of the servo?[0:03]<bact_> Tim_2: this channel is a ghost town, you'd probably be beter off in the forums[0:04]<Tim_2> oh i see[0:04]<bact_> Tim_2: perhaps http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=37&sid=b4e5aee37870c321e42fb3a3f1efd44c[0:04]<Tim_2> thank you, bact_[0:05]* teepee (~teepee@p50847706.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[0:05]* teepee (~teepee@p4FFFD209.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:06]* Syliss (~Home@adsl-108-198-103-98.dsl.chi2ca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:07]* Syliss (~Home@adsl-108-198-103-98.dsl.chi2ca.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Client Quit)[0:08]* redsoup (~redsups@h-123-173-94.a336.priv.bahnhof.se) has joined #raspberrypi[0:11]* matejv (~matej@tm.78.153.58.66.dc.cable.static.telemach.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:12]<Gadgetoid> Yikes, absolutely must sleep![0:12]* narcos (~narcos@ASt-Lambert-154-1-52-87.w90-61.abo.wanadoo.fr) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[0:14]* pksato (~PEBKAC@unaffiliated/pksato) has joined #raspberrypi[0:16]* jbpros (~jbpros@aragorn.jbpros.net) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out)[0:17]* jbpros (~jbpros@aragorn.jbpros.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:17]* pkrnj (~pkrnj@bas2-montreal47-1279443509.dsl.bell.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[0:18]* Orion_ (~Orion_@205.118.211.29) Quit (Quit: ~ Trillian Astra - www.trillian.im ~)[0:19]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) has joined #raspberrypi[0:20]* rideh (~rideh@rrcs-97-78-216-18.se.biz.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[0:20]* rideh (~rideh@rrcs-97-78-216-18.se.biz.rr.com) Quit (Client Quit)[0:21]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[0:22]* adammw111 (~adammw111@124-168-104-124.dyn.iinet.net.au) has joined #raspberrypi[0:22]* tycen (~tycen@72.5.59.176) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[0:23]* dj_pi (~dj@c-107-5-25-243.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:23]* raspy_freenode (~raspy_fre@c-75-68-199-187.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[0:24]* Firehopper (~Firehoppe@pool-71-175-194-74.phlapa.east.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:28]* debenham (~cjd@122.150.19.10) has joined #raspberrypi[0:32]* Mement (~Mement@535726AA.cm-6-8a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) Quit (Quit: Them breaks)[0:32]* debenham (~cjd@122.150.19.10) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[0:34]* adammw111 (~adammw111@124-168-104-124.dyn.iinet.net.au) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[0:36]* xCP23x (~xCP23x@149.241.236.236) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[0:38]* AeroNotix (~xeno@aboe193.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) Quit (Quit: Uploading hax.....)[0:39]* hobo (~hobo@206.87.126.120) has joined #raspberrypi[0:39]<hobo> hi, where do i put python library files on the pi?[0:40]* elek_ (elek_@c-76-111-252-247.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:41]<chod> good qustion[0:41]* m8 (~mor@unaffiliated/m8) Quit (Quit: Sto andando via)[0:41]* cpg|away is now known as cpg[0:42]<hobo> nvm, found it[0:46]* moogen (~moogen@CPE-70-92-225-30.wi.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[0:46]* DM9377 (~darin@204.101.212.130) has joined #raspberrypi[0:46]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) has joined #raspberrypi[0:50]* Hydra_ (~Hydra@AGrenoble-652-1-277-122.w82-122.abo.wanadoo.fr) has joined #raspberrypi[0:52]* mythos (~mythos@unaffiliated/mythos) Quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)[0:53]* thomashunter (~thomashun@208-44-138-156.dia.static.qwest.net) Quit (Quit: zZz)[0:53]* Hydra (~Hydra@AGrenoble-652-1-332-188.w82-122.abo.wanadoo.fr) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[0:53]* Hydra_ is now known as Hydra[0:54]* offbyone (~offbyone@spf.ip6.is-is.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[0:57]* tfitts (~tfitts@173-165-143-209-utah.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined #raspberrypi[0:57]<tfitts> Is there someplace besides /boot/config.txt that would be affecting the resolution of the x desktop? It seems like when it boots it's displaying at 1920x1080 but when x starts it is running at the resolution of my old screen (1280x720)[0:58]* nid0 (nidO@dsl-fixed-94-30-53-17.interdsl.co.uk) Quit ()[0:58]<ripzay> xorg.conf perhaps[0:58]<ripzay> (may not have the display mode for your new display[1:01]* phenom (~L7@unaffiliated/phenom) has joined #raspberrypi[1:04]* dangerousdave (~dangerous@78.156.71.46) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[1:04]* thomashunter (~thomashun@108.204.29.249) has joined #raspberrypi[1:04]* DM9377 (~darin@204.101.212.130) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[1:04]* wiiguy (~fake@unaffiliated/wiiguy) Quit (Quit: I just broke my connection, but no worries, we can rebuild it. We have the technology.)[1:05]* mingdao (~mingdao@unaffiliated/mingdao) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out)[1:05]* __zero (~zero@121.Red-88-5-86.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[1:06]* DM9377 (~darin@204.101.212.130) has joined #raspberrypi[1:07]* mythos (~mythos@unaffiliated/mythos) has joined #raspberrypi[1:14]* Cykey (~textual@modemcable119.94-162-184.mc.videotron.ca) Quit (Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)[1:14]* moogen (~moogen@CPE-70-92-225-30.wi.res.rr.com) Quit ()[1:17]* Firehopper (~Firehoppe@pool-71-175-194-74.phlapa.east.verizon.net) has left #raspberrypi[1:18]<tfitts> My resolution was 1824 x 984, disable_overscan = 1 in /boot/config.txt solved it for me in case anyone sees this and wants to know the answer.[1:21]* frojnd_ (~frojnd@unaffiliated/frojnd) has joined #raspberrypi[1:21]<chod> nod[1:21]* owen_ (~owen@180.200.157.61) has joined #raspberrypi[1:21]* chod (~chod@toy-town.demon.co.uk) Quit (Quit: Lost terminal)[1:22]* calios (~calios@unaffiliated/calios) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[1:23]* frojnd (~frojnd@unaffiliated/frojnd) Quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds)[1:25]* calios (~calios@unaffiliated/calios) has joined #raspberrypi[1:30]* SuperLag (~akulbe@unaffiliated/superlag) Quit (Quit: Lost terminal)[1:30]* payroll (~pi@c-67-188-233-149.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[1:32]* f8l (~f8l@159-205-72-222.adsl.inetia.pl) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[1:32]* f8ld (~f8l@77-255-13-144.adsl.inetia.pl) has joined #raspberrypi[1:33]* adb (~IonMoldom@178.211.237.94) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[1:34]* SuperLag (~akulbe@unaffiliated/superlag) has joined #raspberrypi[1:38]* bact_ (~me@bact.eu) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[1:38]* plugwash (~plugwash@2001:5c0:1400:a::a3f) has joined #raspberrypi[1:39]* JohnBeales (~johnbeale@dsl-67-230-145-116.tor.primus.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[1:39]* cpg is now known as cpg|away[1:40]<JohnBeales> Hi folks, I'm having trouble connecting to my headless CrashPlan daemon on my new raspberry pi. I appear to be blocking myself with iptables. Do you know what this line means in my IPtables config?[1:40]<JohnBeales> -A INPUT -d 127.0.0.0/8 ! -i lo -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable[1:40]* mdp (~mdp@cpe-98-27-254-98.neo.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[1:43]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[1:46]* payroll (~pi@c-67-188-233-149.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[1:47]* audiodef (~quassel@pool-71-191-172-210.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[1:51]* mingdao (~mingdao@unaffiliated/mingdao) has joined #raspberrypi[1:51]<ShadowJK> "The board provides a polarity protection diode, a voltage clamp,"[1:51]<ShadowJK> what voltage does the voltage clamp clamp at?[1:52]* mingdao (~mingdao@unaffiliated/mingdao) has left #raspberrypi[1:53]* stepho (~stephram@ppp59-167-121-22.static.internode.on.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[1:53]* stepho (~stephram@ppp59-167-121-22.static.internode.on.net) has joined #raspberrypi[1:54]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has joined #raspberrypi[1:54]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has left #raspberrypi[1:55]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has joined #raspberrypi[1:57]* craigb (~craigb@178.73.210.224) Quit (Ping timeout: 255 seconds)[1:57]* chris_99 (~chris_99@unaffiliated/chris-99/x-3062929) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[1:58]* hobo (~hobo@206.87.126.120) has left #raspberrypi[2:00]* DM9377 (~darin@204.101.212.130) Quit (Quit: Leaving.)[2:00]* zirra-away (~godzirra@208.110.69.202) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[2:00]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) has joined #raspberrypi[2:01]* godzirra (~godzirra@208.110.69.202) has joined #raspberrypi[2:01]<godzirra> Howdy guys. I have a quick (Hopefully) question. I see there are 17 gpio pins on the pi. Can I use all of those pins to attach a on/off style switch to?[2:02]* parasciidic (~null@5.254.139.83) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[2:02]* payroll (~pi@c-67-188-233-149.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[2:03]* DDave (~DDave@unaffiliated/ddave) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[2:03]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has left #raspberrypi[2:04]<pksato> godzirra: yes.[2:06]<SpeedEvil> or you can attach switches between them, and get hundreds of switches[2:06]* DDave (~DDave@unaffiliated/ddave) has joined #raspberrypi[2:06]<godzirra> SpeedEvil: Its for a mame cabinet. So I don't really need hundreds. :)[2:07]<godzirra> Oh. I only need 14.[2:07]<godzirra> I fail at math.[2:07]<godzirra> Oh, 15 with an insert coin one[2:07]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[2:07]<SpeedEvil> :-)[2:07]<SpeedEvil> more, to detect which coin[2:07]<godzirra> SpeedEvil: Having a switch between sounds horribly complicated and not possible to do programatically. :)[2:08]<godzirra> Yeah, I thought about doing gauntlet which is the only game I know that matters which coin slot[2:08]<godzirra> but I don't think I'm going to do gauntlet alone, so I opted out of that.[2:08]<SpeedEvil> your standard keyboard has groups of switches connected between outputs[2:09]<godzirra> Are we talking about like, shift/capslock/numlock?[2:09]<godzirra> Or more than that?[2:09]<SpeedEvil> about 25 or so wires[2:09]<godzirra> I don't profess to know how a standard keyboard works.[2:09]<SpeedEvil> for the whole keyboard[2:09]<godzirra> I just assumed it sent serial data.[2:09]<SpeedEvil> the internal wiring[2:10]<pksato> godzirra: http://pcbheaven.com/wikipages/How_Key_Matrices_Works/[2:10]<godzirra> Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter if it sends serial data or not.[2:10]<SpeedEvil> it has a little microprocessor, with the keys wired directly to it, and scans them[2:10]<godzirra> Reading[2:10]<SpeedEvil> yeah, that[2:10]<godzirra> Oh. Like an LED cube?[2:10]<godzirra> That makes sense.[2:11]* Armand (~martin@87-194-165-154.bethere.co.uk) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[2:12]<godzirra> This site is brilliant.[2:14]<godzirra> Ghosting seems like it would be a nightmare for a mame console though.[2:14]<godzirra> OH. Nevermind. I just hadn't read down far enough yet =p[2:15]<godzirra> Thanks guys.[2:16]<SwK> key matrix d00t[2:19]* robscomputer (~robscompu@nat/yahoo/x-yzrzmqzwafbjsppd) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[2:19]* memand (~memand@80-71-135-117.u.parknet.dk) Quit (Quit: C'YA)[2:23]* ioryogi (~ioryogi@adsl-69-110-66-109.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net) has joined #raspberrypi[2:24]* Cykey (~textual@modemcable119.94-162-184.mc.videotron.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[2:24]* lupinedk is now known as Lupinedk[2:24]* payroll (~pi@c-67-188-233-149.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[2:25]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-71-236-64-18.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[2:28]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[2:28]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) has joined #raspberrypi[2:29]<ioryogi> Anyone know if Adafruit wifi NIC's support AP mode? (hostapd?)[2:31]* cpg|away is now known as cpg[2:32]<[Saint]> Where is the swap file defined in raspbian?[2:32]<[Saint]> I would like to kill it and use my own partition layout with a dedicated swap partition[2:32]* owen__ (~owen@180.200.157.61) has joined #raspberrypi[2:32]* owen_ (~owen@180.200.157.61) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[2:34]<godzirra> [Saint]: I'm not sure myself, but I'd like in the /etc/fstab[2:34]<godzirra> *look[2:36]* Tim_2 (~timblme@e178085242.adsl.alicedsl.de) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[2:38]* beet0l (~beet0l@cpe-24-193-79-42.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[2:42]<plugwash> iirc the raspberry pi foundation raspbian images use a tool called dphys-swapfile[2:44]* beet0l (~beet0l@cpe-24-193-79-42.nyc.res.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Quit)[2:46]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) has joined #raspberrypi[2:49]* illwill (~illwill@wsip-98-175-159-28.ri.ri.cox.net) has joined #raspberrypi[2:49]* tonyhughes (~tonyhughe@202.137.244.157) has joined #raspberrypi[2:50]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@61.135.152.211) has joined #raspberrypi[2:51]<[Saint]> plugwash: that's correct.[2:51]<[Saint]> I was just wondering how I kill it.[2:51]* offbyone (~offbyone@spf.ip6.is-is.ca) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[2:51]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-71-236-64-18.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Fandango)[2:51]<[Saint]> remove the tool, the sweapfile, and add an entry into fsteb manually I guess.[2:51]<[Saint]> *swapfile[2:51]<plugwash> sounds about right to me[2:51]<[Saint]> *fstab[2:51]<[Saint]> bah![2:52]* markbook (~markllama@pool-74-104-180-140.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)[2:52]<plugwash> though personally I think swapping on SD cards is crazy anyway[2:52]<[Saint]> for what reason?[2:53]* offbyone (~offbyone@spf.ip6.is-is.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[2:53]<[Saint]> I would swap in RAM if I had enough RAM free.[2:53]* zxc (~janne@pdpc/supporter/student/kosiini) Quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!)[2:53]<[Saint]> zram is preferable, but, not really an option when you only have 512MB total.[2:54]<[Saint]> I suppose many people see swapping on sdcards to be slow, but, a nice sdcard fixes this.[2:54]<[Saint]> Sandisk Ultra Pro series ftw.[2:55]<[Saint]> 95MB/s read. ~40MB/s write[2:55]* beet0l (~bangarang@cpe-24-193-79-42.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[2:55]* plugwash was thinking of a combination of it being slow and being bad for the SD card[2:55]<[Saint]> and, they're fairly cheap.[2:55]<[Saint]> ~$90USD for the 16GB card[2:56]<[Saint]> ~$120 for 32GB iirc[2:56]<[Saint]> ...something like this.[2:56]<plugwash> hmm, a search for sandisk ultra pro doesn't seem to be finding anything............[2:56]<[Saint]> Argh.[2:56]<[Saint]> Sorry, *Extreme Pro[2:57]<SpeedEvil> [Saint]: you can't assume swapping is anywhere close to sustained speeds.[2:57]<[Saint]> No, certainly not.[2:57]<SpeedEvil> swapping, you may in some cases drop to 50k/s[2:57]<[Saint]> plugwash: http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/[2:57]* plugwash isn't sure he would consider over twice the price of a Pi to be "fairly cheap"[2:58]<[Saint]> it is fairly cheap compared to comparable full-size sd options.[2:58]<plugwash> Personally for that kind of money i'd rather just get a board that had enough ram not to need swap[2:59]<[Saint]> I just so happened to have this card lying around anyway - from an old camera.[3:00]* deffrag_ (~Dedec@unaffiliated/deffrag) has joined #raspberrypi[3:00]* deffrag (~Dedec@unaffiliated/deffrag) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[3:01]* tonyhughes (~tonyhughe@202.137.244.157) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[3:01]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-67-186-29-160.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[3:12]* Cykey (~textual@modemcable119.94-162-184.mc.videotron.ca) Quit (Quit: ["Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com"])[3:12]* thomashunter (~thomashun@108.204.29.249) Quit (Quit: zZz)[3:13]<ReggieUK> did they add in the 1.8v circuit for faster sd cards on the v2 pi?[3:13]* markbook (~markllama@pool-74-104-180-140.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[3:14]* tinti_ (~tinti@pdpc/supporter/student/tinti) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[3:15]* MadeAllUp (~MadeAllUp@cpc4-haye19-2-0-cust443.17-4.cable.virginmedia.com) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[3:16]* idstam (~johan@c-1b7172d5.027-359-73746f23.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[3:16]* Will| (~wrboyce@willboyce.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[3:19]* tektsu (~Adium@ip24-56-44-80.ph.ph.cox.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving.)[3:20]* Will| (~wrboyce@willboyce.com) has joined #raspberrypi[3:20]* the_real_crimper (~crimper@cpe-98-154-91-166.socal.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[3:21]<[Saint]> Why isn't the raspbian image using dynamic memory split by default?[3:21]<[Saint]> it seems...weird.[3:24]<godzirra> Occidentalis doesn't either, does it?[3:24]<[Saint]> No idea.[3:24]<[Saint]> The only one I am aware of that does, by default, is Arch.[3:24]<godzirra> If I have a zombie process, how come I can't kill -9 it?[3:25]<SpeedEvil> because the process is a zombie[3:25]<SpeedEvil> not running[3:25]<godzirra> But -9 is like a shot in the head.[3:25]<godzirra> Boom. Headshot.[3:25]* [Saint] nods[3:26]<godzirra> How do I get rid of it then?[3:26]<[Saint]> it should "just work", yes.[3:26]<SpeedEvil> it is waiting on some event which can't complete[3:26]<godzirra> RetroArch hung on my pi and now I can't kill it.[3:26]<godzirra> So my main screen connected is just sitting there.[3:26]<[Saint]> "kill -9 PID" should "just work" as far as I understand.[3:26]<godzirra> Thats what I thought, but its not.[3:26]<godzirra> SpeedEvil: is there any way to get rid of it then?[3:27]<[Saint]> A hammer will work.[3:27]<[Saint]> Or fire.[3:28]<godzirra> That always works, but its a slightly more permanent solution than I'd care for.[3:28]<[Saint]> ;)[3:29]<godzirra> Great.[3:29]<godzirra> I can kill it by killing the parent pid...[3:29]<godzirra> Annnd the parent pid is 1. which is "init [2]"[3:31]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@61.135.152.211) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[3:31]<godzirra> oh well. Reboot time.[3:32]* timmmaaaayyy (~timmmaaaa@cpe-68-175-79-100.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[3:33]<SpeedEvil> kill -cont may resume it[3:33]<godzirra> Ah. I'll try that next time.[3:33]<SpeedEvil> then it can doe[3:33]<SpeedEvil> die[3:33]* leftyfb (leftyfb@ubuntu/member/leftyfb) has joined #raspberrypi[3:34]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[3:34]<godzirra> So odd that some mame roms load upside down.[3:34]* leftyfb (leftyfb@ubuntu/member/leftyfb) has left #raspberrypi[3:36]* nsgn (~nsgn@cpe-24-28-31-68.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[3:37]<nsgn> goodevening. is opengl available in python/pygame on the raspberry pi?[3:38]* illwill (~illwill@wsip-98-175-159-28.ri.ri.cox.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[3:40]<godzirra> nsgn: Hey nsgn. Did you google it first?[3:40]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-67-186-29-160.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Fandango)[3:40]<godzirra> Not being a jerk, but I personally don't know, but that seems like something that someone has to have tried. :)[3:40]<nsgn> i'm seeing pyopengles but i'm asking specifically abput pygame[3:40]<nsgn> *about[3:40]<godzirra> ahh[3:40]<nsgn> since i already have a few things i've written in it[3:41]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-67-186-29-160.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[3:42]* grantsmith (~grantsmit@unaffiliated/grantsmith) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[3:43]* thomashunter (~thomashun@108.211.201.44) has joined #raspberrypi[3:45]* [Saint] wonders why the /boot partition is so large in the raspbian image[3:46]<[Saint]> 60MB is approximatel;y 200% too much[3:46]* godzirra shrugs[3:46]<godzirra> Re partition? :)[3:46]<godzirra> I'm not sure myself.[3:46]<[Saint]> Yeppers, parted is doing this as I type.[3:46]<godzirra> Cool[3:48]<[Saint]> Since I've been working on raspi-config anyway (I made it so that it respects the user that envoked it, rather than assuming the "pi" user always exists), I think I might have a go it setting up a partition menu for it as well.[3:48]<[Saint]> So that one may set up dedicated swap, home, etc.[3:48]* grantsmith (~grantsmit@unaffiliated/grantsmith) has joined #raspberrypi[3:49]<godzirra> kill -cont didn't work. :([3:49]<[Saint]> This is slightly more difficult than than my previous monkeying around with the user setup - but, I think I'll be able to do this.[3:50]<godzirra> HAving to reboot everytime the mame system decides to crash is irritating. :/[3:50]<[Saint]> I haven't heard back from anyone about my patch set for user configuration yet, though.[3:50]<[Saint]> ...which is slightly annoying.[3:51]<[Saint]> Always assuming "pi" will be present is *reaaaaaaaaaly* broken to me.[3:51]<godzirra> hehyeah[3:51]<[Saint]> I also added a toggle to allow the user to turn autopassword off.[3:51]* plugwash (~plugwash@2001:5c0:1400:a::a3f) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[3:51]<[Saint]> by default, raspbian is a security nightmare.[3:52]<nsgn> the networking on the pi is so slow perhaps they just figure you wont put it online by default[3:52]<[Saint]> publically known default username and password, ssh daemon envoked by default, no password for sudo actions...[3:52]<[Saint]> sigh.[3:52]<nsgn> ssh isn't on by default..?[3:52]<nsgn> at least it wasnt for me[3:53]<nsgn> i had to go into raspi-config and enable it[3:53]<[Saint]> It leads me to wonder how many zombie pis are out there dishing out spam emails. :)[3:53]<godzirra> lol[3:53]<nsgn> yeah, that is sad though[3:53]<[Saint]> good for education, where users want a setup that "just works" out of the box.[3:54]<[Saint]> *reaaaaal* bad for security.[3:54]<Blueness|> do more technical users tend more towards arch?[3:54]<godzirra> Blueness|: I'd consider myself a technical user, but I use occidentalis (adafruit's raspbian distro)[3:55]<Blueness|> sounds good[3:55]* tjbenator (~tjbenator@c-67-168-127-155.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds)[3:55]<[Saint]> Blueness|: I'd say either Arch - or the Raspbian installer[3:55]* mentar (~quassel@host109-157-17-52.range109-157.btcentralplus.com) has joined #raspberrypi[3:55]<Blueness|> no reason raspbian shouldn't be fixed though lol[3:55]<[Saint]> the raspbian installer allows one to set up raspbian how *they* want it.[3:56]* tjbenator (~tjbenator@c-67-168-127-155.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[3:56]<[Saint]> I have also sent some patches the way of spindle, to allow user/password/hostname configuration - but I haven't heard back from that yet either.[3:56]<[Saint]> I'm beginning to think that no one wants reaspbian to be configurable.[3:56]<Blueness|> lol[3:57]<Blueness|> makes sense for their to be an installer for more advanced users[3:58]<trevorman> nsgn: its on by default in the recent versions of raspbian[3:58]<Blueness|> how does sudo not prompt a password?[3:58]<[Saint]> Everyone I showed it to at my local hackerspace had basically the same reaction: "I can't believe it wasn't like this to begin with".[3:58]<godzirra> Blueness|: Why? Its not aimed at more advanced users.[3:58]<godzirra> It'd be nice to have that, but that totally isn't the goal of the pi.[3:59]<godzirra> So they're not putting any effort into that. Makes sense to me. :)[3:59]<Blueness|> i'm new to linux so I just didn't know that was possible[3:59]<Blueness|> lol[3:59]<[Saint]> Blueness|: by adding "NOPASSWD: ALL to the sudoers file[3:59]<godzirra> Blueness|: sudo doesn't prompt a password ... what Saint said[3:59]<Blueness|> i see[3:59]* Flexnard (~Flex@host-169-126-2-96.midco.net) Quit (Quit: sleep)[4:00]<[Saint]> All one needs to do is append "NOPASSWD: ALL" to their user's entry in the sudoers file.[4:00]<[Saint]> raspbian has it set up this way be default.[4:01]<[Saint]> ...which (IMO) is broken.[4:04]* FlipFlop (~Fl1pFl0p@unaffiliated/fl1pfl0p) has joined #raspberrypi[4:04]* ngc0202 (~ngc0202@unaffiliated/ngc0202) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[4:07]<Blueness|> yea really defeats the purpose of sudo lol[4:07]<Blueness|> may as well just be root[4:07]<Blueness|> i'm still picking up security habits with linux[4:08]<Blueness|> still a new world to me compared to windows haha[4:08]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.179) has joined #raspberrypi[4:08]* JohnBeales (~johnbeale@dsl-67-230-145-116.tor.primus.ca) Quit (Quit: Leaving...)[4:12]* dj_pi (~dj@c-107-5-25-243.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[4:14]* Shaan7 (~quassel@kde/shantanu) has joined #raspberrypi[4:15]* CaNsA (CaNsA@cpc3-live19-2-0-cust937.know.cable.virginmedia.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[4:15]* stepcut (~stepcut@c-24-12-184-84.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[4:20]* Shaan7 (~quassel@kde/shantanu) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[4:20]* jchvvs (~jchvvs@109.134.49.171) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[4:29]* Cy-Gor (~Brian@cpe-70-124-70-140.austin.res.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[4:30]* XenGi is now known as XenGi_[4:32]* ioryogi (~ioryogi@adsl-69-110-66-109.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net) Quit (Quit: Ex-Chat)[4:35]<godzirra> So why can't I use gpio pin 5 for a button?[4:35]<godzirra> Its a GPIO pin, right?[4:36]<Torikun> oi[4:36]* Syliss (~Home@adsl-108-198-103-98.dsl.chi2ca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #raspberrypi[4:37]* markbook (~markllama@pool-74-104-180-140.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[4:38]<pksato> godzirra: why not?[4:40]<pksato> some pins are used to i2c, spi, uart and other. if need to use these to gpio, related modules must be unload or prevent to load (blacklist).[4:40]* scorphus (~scorphus@CAcert/User/scorphus) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out)[4:48]* DenBeiren1 (~Denbeiren@91.86.35.115) has joined #raspberrypi[4:57]* Empty_One (~empty@CPE-72-131-74-201.wi.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[4:58]* prg3 (~prg3@chatter.majestik.org) has joined #raspberrypi[4:59]* kcj (~casey@unaffiliated/kcj) has joined #raspberrypi[5:01]* mike_t (~mike@pluto.dd.vaz.ru) has joined #raspberrypi[5:01]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-67-186-29-160.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Fandango)[5:03]<nsgn> wahoo. i finally got my python webcam viewer for pi to run at 1fps[5:03]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.179) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[5:03]<nsgn> a vast improvement over my orignal code, which ran at 1 frame per 12 seconds[5:04]<techkid6> cool =)[5:04]<fr0g911> youtube video?[5:05]<techkid6> my pi sorta just acts as a znc bouncer right now lol[5:05]<techkid6> installing a vnc server tomorrow, though[5:06]<godzirra> pksato: Hrm. Maybe its just the python library telling me I can't use it then[5:06]<godzirra> It tells me this: RPi.GPIO.WrongDirectionException: The GPIO channel has not been set up or is set up in the wrong direction[5:06]<nsgn> fr0g911, dont have a youtube video of it right now. honestly i still feel there needs to be improvement[5:06]<nsgn> before its very useful i want to see 2 to 4 fps[5:07]<godzirra> Thats when I try and use gpio pin 3. Not 5. Sorry.[5:07]<nsgn> considering it is pulling up 18 webcams simultaneously and displaying them on a 1920x1080 monitor i'd say its not too bad for a Pi tho. it sure beats the heck out of this thing's CPU to do it[5:07]<piney> godzirra, did you set the pin as input?[5:07]* FlipFlop (~Fl1pFl0p@unaffiliated/fl1pfl0p) Quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)[5:08]<godzirra> I did.[5:08]* clodeindustrie (~textual@121-79-209-96.dsl.sta.inspire.net.nz) has joined #raspberrypi[5:08]<fr0g911> heya piney[5:08]<piney> hey fr0g911[5:08]<piney> how u been?[5:09]<fr0g911> pretty well how about yourself[5:09]<fr0g911> been keeping busy with work?[5:10]<piney> yea, and other stuff. heater core went on my personal vehicle, so been working on that[5:10]* Turingi (~devon@unaffiliated/devon-hillard/x-7250961) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[5:10]<fr0g911> sorry to hear that[5:11]<piney> and been playing with a new router. learning openwrt, thats going to take me a while to set up how i want[5:11]<fr0g911> i always here about this openwrt thing[5:11]<fr0g911> never looked into what it did or was[5:11]<nsgn> pfsense ftw *ducks*[5:11]<piney> i just wish i knew 8 months ago when i had the whole dashboard out of the vehicle for other work. hate doing things twice[5:12]<fr0g911> im about to pickup another car tomorrow[5:12]<fr0g911> as a project[5:12]<piney> cool, i love projects - have a few[5:12]<fr0g911> a toyota celica[5:12]<fr0g911> gt[5:13]* thomashunter (~thomashun@108.211.201.44) Quit (Quit: zZz)[5:13]<fr0g911> neeeds alot of love running really bad and the red paint job needs to be redone[5:15]<piney> i got a motorcycle i plan on finishing to ride this summer, and a truck i have been slowly accumulating parts for to get working in the future[5:16]<piney> truck lifted with quite a powerful engine / trans combo, one day...[5:16]<godzirra> using the pyton gpio stuff, should I be able to detect multiple keypresses at once?[5:16]<godzirra> on a gpio?[5:16]<fr0g911> this is the outcome im hoping to do for it[5:16]<fr0g911> http://www.kbtuning.nl/tuningshop/files/toyota-celica-t23-achterbumper-xmx--kb2-tuning-toycet23r01-.jpg[5:16]<godzirra> i.e. can it detect 4 gpio inputs at the same time?[5:17]<fr0g911> then sell it cause i already have a 2012 mustang[5:17]* FlipFlop (~Fl1pFl0p@unaffiliated/fl1pfl0p) has joined #raspberrypi[5:18]* kcj (~casey@unaffiliated/kcj) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[5:18]<piney> godzirra, i don't know. maybe someone who knows python will speak up[5:18]<piney> fr0g911, yea, thats not my style[5:18]<godzirra> Hrm. I guess it can, because its detecting a diagonal joystick press (2 switches) and then 2 buttons.[5:18]<godzirra> so I screwed up my python somewhere[5:19]<piney> and fr0g911 is the mustang a v8 and stick?[5:19]<fr0g911> yes gt[5:19]<piney> kk, a cool one :)[5:20]<fr0g911> i havent put flow masters on it yet[5:20]<piney> i drove oe of them yesterday, an '12[5:20]<piney> one*[5:20]<fr0g911> nice they are fun[5:20]<fr0g911> cops like to follow me[5:20]<fr0g911> thinkin im gonna drive crazy[5:20]<piney> such a short shift, takes some time to learn it to have fun too[5:20]<fr0g911> i dont race lol[5:21]<fr0g911> yea only thing i dont like is the breaking system kinda sucks[5:21]<fr0g911> doesnt feel right[5:23]<piney> i'm building a vortec 6.0 for my truck, looking at getting ~500-550hp when done. still deciding on which manual trans for the project[5:25]<piney> nv4500 is high on the list though. unless something like a richmond 6 speed comes my way for cheap[5:27]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-76-125-176-244.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[5:29]* Hydra (~Hydra@AGrenoble-652-1-277-122.w82-122.abo.wanadoo.fr) Quit (Quit: HydraIRC -> http://www.hydrairc.com <- Nine out of ten l33t h4x0rz prefer it)[5:30]* pksato (~PEBKAC@unaffiliated/pksato) Quit (Quit: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair)[5:31]* kcj (~casey@unaffiliated/kcj) has joined #raspberrypi[5:33]* kcj (~casey@unaffiliated/kcj) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[5:34]* bray90820 (~bray90820@50-81-253-32.client.mchsi.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[5:36]* bizarro_1 (~bizarro_1@244.Red-88-19-137.staticIP.rima-tde.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[5:41]* zokeber (~Zokeber@unaffiliated/zokeber) has joined #raspberrypi[5:42]* Fandango (~Fandango@c-76-125-176-244.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Fandango)[5:47]<nsgn> alrighty. now that i've slimmed the performance of my app for the pi considerably i'd like to take a break to learn about pi performance tweaks. obviously there is overclocking. what else may help eek extra cycles out of this little guy? i don't want to do anything that will burn it up, but i am open to shutting off unused features, etc if it will help[5:51]<nsgn> also is it truly safe to use the official "turbo" overclocking? as in will it pull itself back if overheating or do i risk some burnt pi?[5:51]<[Saint]> Yes, it is safe.[5:52]* [7] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) Quit (Disconnected by services)[5:52]<nsgn> score. i'm glad i didnt know about turbo until doing some googling now[5:52]* TheSeven (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) has joined #raspberrypi[5:52]<nsgn> forced me to optimize the heck out of my code[5:52]<nsgn> and now i'll turn on turbo and see if it fliesssss[5:53]<[Saint]> Be advised, though (raspi-config will tell you of this anyway) that some devices handle it better than other (manufacturing defects), and some devices tash their data with this clock speed.[5:53]<[Saint]> So, backups, backups, backups, backups.[5:53]<[Saint]> ...and, backups.[5:54]<[Saint]> Oh, and backups.[5:54]<[Saint]> :)[5:54]<[Saint]> s/tash/trash/[5:54]<[Saint]> TL;DR: "You may well end up with a corrupt filesystem from this clock setting"[5:55]<[Saint]> Other things you can do:[5:55]<[Saint]> - mount with noatime, or relatime[5:55]<[Saint]> - install an adaptive readahead daemon[5:56]<[Saint]> - make sure the image is aligned to the sdcard's erase block size[5:57]<nsgn> [Saint], oh yeah i dont care if the FS is corrupt. its a base install of rasp with a python script on it that i wrote on my PC then just ssh'd to it[5:57]<[Saint]> - change the scheduler[5:57]* Piffer (~Piffer@p5797244E.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[5:57]<[Saint]> - reduce swappiness[5:58]<[Saint]> - move logfiles to RAM[5:58]<nsgn> well, all the card/filesystem IO stuff is of no benefit to me because my app runs completely in ram and does virtually no logging[5:59]<nsgn> so do any of those assist with purely CPU bound apps? mine is bound by the CPU and (depressingly) the strikingly slow network interface[5:59]<[Saint]> Errrr...and, what does the OS run on, my dear? :)[5:59]<[Saint]> It is of great benefit to you.[5:59]<nsgn> i'm aware, but i'm just telling you that when my app is running and i watch in real time there is virtually NO read write from the card, period[5:59]<nsgn> like..the activity is none[5:59]<nsgn> and my code makes no writes to the card, period[5:59]* Piffer (~Piffer@p4FED56D5.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #raspberrypi[6:00]<[Saint]> I'm talking about general performance. Not performance specific to your one application.[6:00]<[Saint]> Have a look here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=850[6:00]<nsgn> yeah. sorry. i should have specified i'm trying to tweak this card image to make this app fly[6:00]<[Saint]> This has a lot of links for you to peruse.[6:01]<nsgn> cool, thanks[6:01]<[Saint]> Not a problem.[6:01]<[Saint]> Avoid moving logfiles to RAM if you have a model A[6:01]<[Saint]> ...there's simply not enough to go around.[6:02]<nsgn> hmm..overclocking menu not only says filesystem corruption (i dont care that bad) but it says it may shorten the life of my pie :([6:02]<[Saint]> mounting /tmp in RAM makes a rather huge improment in speed - at the cost of quite some amount of RAM.[6:03]<[Saint]> Well, yes, of course. You can look at it in this way - the CPU/GPU has a limited amount of cycles it can perform in its lifetime.[6:04]<[Saint]> If you speed the clock up, you'll burn through more cycles, at a faster rate.[6:04]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@61.135.152.211) has joined #raspberrypi[6:04]<[Saint]> In saying that, though, ...it costs ~$30 - so, "meh...".[6:05]<nsgn> really, a cpu has a limited number of cycles in its life? i have some CPUs i've beat to hell for years and years on end[6:05]<nsgn> i'm talking 24/7 pushing to near maximum[6:05]<nsgn> and no ill effect[6:06]<nsgn> so are we talking taking a year off the end of a 10 year life (in which case who cares) or are we talking bye bye pi in a year or two[6:07]* ekodan (~ekodan@unaffiliated/ekodan) has joined #raspberrypi[6:07]<nsgn> *kicks pi 1 of 2 into turbo to see what happens with his app*[6:07]<a5m0> has anyone tried putting the adafruit python ide on kali linux?[6:08]<nsgn> might ask that in #python? more activity in there[6:08]<[Saint]> I'm of the opinion that it really doesn't make a considerable difference.[6:08]<nsgn> [Saint], in life, or in performance?[6:08]<[Saint]> But it will definitely make a measurable difference.[6:08]<[Saint]> nsgn: in life.[6:09]<nsgn> ok. as for performance...now rebooted. running my app...[6:09]<[Saint]> The performance gain is apparent right away.[6:09]<[Saint]> you should've noted a drastically shortened boot time.[6:10]<[Saint]> My Arch install with all the tweaks I can think to throw at it gets to LXDE in ~8-10s[6:10]<nsgn> the boot time was a bit better (though i was not looking at the screen specifically, just booting next to me)[6:10]<nsgn> but i can say that my app has perhaps a 20 to 30% increase in performance[6:10]<nsgn> maybe even ~40%[6:10]<nsgn> this is nice[6:10]* [Saint] nods[6:11]<nsgn> do i need to worry about cooling/heat with this or is it fine just bare[6:11]<[Saint]> No, you don't need to worry. The pi will disable boosting if it hits 80C[6:11]<nsgn> combining this turbo mode with some further tweaking to my already drastically optimized for pi app i might actually get something useful here[6:11]<nsgn> i wonder if it will hit that quickly since my app, even in turbo, is pegging the pi's cpu 100%[6:12]* trentg (~trentg@pdpc/supporter/active/trentg) has left #raspberrypi[6:12]<[Saint]> The pi will automagically disable overvolting and boosting when the CPU hits 80C[6:12]<[Saint]> ...which is *really* hard to do, depending on the ambient temperature.[6:13]<nsgn> oh yeah. i just meant i wonder if i'll be seeing the benefits of turbo go away quickly with my app pushing so hard[6:13]<nsgn> but if its hard to do in a normal house (78* here indoors most of the time) i guess i'll be ok[6:13]<nsgn> F[6:14]<[Saint]> I doubt it. I have never seen it come close to 80C, with an ambient temp of ~30C, and prolonged use at 1GHz clock.[6:14]<[Saint]> around 1.2GHz, however, and it will only take around ~20minutes to reach 80C with the CPU pegged.[6:14]<nsgn> oh wow. i just realized that in turbo the app is actually coming up against my internal speed limiting on my code[6:14]<nsgn> standby while i adjust. this is cool[6:15]<[Saint]> I have been trying (for no real reason...heh) to reach 200% overclock - but, I fear it isn't possible unless I make myself a tiny water jacket and radiator.[6:16]<[Saint]> ...which I am considering.[6:16]<nsgn> haha[6:16]<[Saint]> With a large, finned, heat-pipe sync, and two 40mm fans, I can keep 1.2GHz stable.[6:16]<nsgn> yeah, i've heard a few people overclocking past 1ghz have killed them :([6:17]<[Saint]> 1.3GHz with the same setup occasionally has random panics.[6:17]<[Saint]> ...and 1.35GHz destroyed a pi, and released the pi-geanie.[6:17]* robscomputer (~robscompu@c-24-130-183-245.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[6:18]* [Saint] can state, for those interested, that broadcomm smoke (the pi-geanie :)) is green.[6:18]<nsgn> :([6:18]<nsgn> poor pi[6:18]<[Saint]> It died a valiant, and most noble death.[6:18]* Turingi (~devon@unaffiliated/devon-hillard/x-7250961) has joined #raspberrypi[6:18]<[Saint]> Calculating pi, of course.[6:18]<[Saint]> :)[6:19]<nsgn> nice. so with turbo applied and one more tweak (and one more typo) found in my code i now operate at 2fps[6:19]<nsgn> this means turbo basically doubled the performance of my app, cause before turbo but after all my other optimizations it ran at 1fps[6:19]<[Saint]> It made a rather impressive "pop.....Fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" noise too :)[6:20]<nsgn> :/[6:20]<fr0g911> lol[6:20]<[Saint]> WHat is the application in question, may I ask?[6:20]<fr0g911> ive heard that sound nsgn[6:20]<fr0g911> i put 24volts to it[6:20]<[Saint]> yikes.[6:21]<[Saint]> Overvolting. Like a BOSS>[6:21]<fr0g911> yeah rofl[6:21]<nsgn> [Saint], i've taken a 1920x1080 lcd monitor and mounted it vertical, strapped a PI to the back of it, and wrote an app that polls jpegs from 18 IP cameras in my neighborhood and displays them full screen/borderless on the PI, furiously updating them as fast as the pi's little cpu can[6:21]<fr0g911> wow nsgn[6:21]<fr0g911> i could use that[6:22]<[Saint]> do you have that awesome pibow LCD mount?[6:22]<Triffid_Hunter> nsgn: hm, wonder if the VPU can do mjpeg, that would give a massive boost[6:22]<Triffid_Hunter> then it'd be network limited[6:22]<nsgn> [Saint], i've learned more about python code optimization than i ever have because of this. my original working version of this program ran at 1 frame every 12 seconds. yesterday i got it down to 1 every 4 to 5. tonight i then got it to 1fps with a lot of further tweaking before turbo. and finally with turning on turbo i can run 2fps[6:22]<[Saint]> Those pibow cases are awesome - especially with the LCD mount.[6:22]<nsgn> no i don't have a mount. i have it hanging by wires :)[6:22]* robscomputer (~robscompu@c-24-130-183-245.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[6:22]<[Saint]> Ahhhh. :)[6:23]<nsgn> the hdmi cable pretty well keeps it from going anywhere considering how little the pi weighs[6:23]* clodeindustrie (~textual@121-79-209-96.dsl.sta.inspire.net.nz) Quit (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com)[6:23]* robscomputer (~robscompu@nat/yahoo/x-zosvjhwajyrpvibd) has joined #raspberrypi[6:23]<[Saint]> does the LCD have standard VESA mounts?[6:23]<[Saint]> http://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pibow-vesa-mount-layer[6:23]<[Saint]> that's what I'm using presently.[6:23]<Triffid_Hunter> heh I have a 3d printer.. if ever I want to mount it to the back of something I'll just print an adapter plate[6:24]<nsgn> Triffid_Hunter, well, maybe. my app is written in python, though, because i'm not a programmer for a living, just a hobbiest, and choose to not write C whenever possible. python, as far as my research goes, has no real support for mjpeg. some folks have written it in. i may do so eventually, but its a crap load of work[6:24]<nsgn> and i'm pretty sure you could not do any kind of accelerated mjpeg from within python, although maybe thats just my inexperience speaking[6:24]<nsgn> i'm just grabbing individual jpeg stills and displaying them at an almost barable speed[6:24]<Triffid_Hunter> nsgn: mjpeg is basically just a series of regular jpegs in a stream last time I checked.. yeah unlikely to do it from within python unless someone makes a module for the rpi's vpu[6:24]<nsgn> 2fps is deff enough to tell what is going on for everything except the cams that show cars driving[6:25]<[Saint]> I'd be willing to say that this would almost certainly run a lot faster in pure C than it would in python.[6:25]<[Saint]> ...but, the conversion wouldn;t be fun.[6:25]<Triffid_Hunter> concur[6:25]<nsgn> Triffid_Hunter, oh yeah. i've actually done a ton of reading/learning on mjpeg. in fact i actually wrote a freaking mjpeg decoder in PHP of all things a year ago[6:25]<nsgn> and it ran at about 20fps[6:25]<nsgn> so i know mjpeg well, i just havent felt like the major pita it will be to write it in python[6:26]<[Saint]> Why does you neighborhood have so many IP cams around?[6:26]<[Saint]> Are you a technical age peeping tom? lol[6:26]<nsgn> i'm also about 900% sure that any performance gain you would get on the http side from using mjpeg would be absolutely destroyed by the pi being unable to blit out that many images per second[6:26]* kkimlabs (~kkimlabs@108-214-96-225.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #raspberrypi[6:26]<nsgn> [Saint], i'm a peeping tom techie with x-ray eyes[6:26]<[Saint]> wait - wha...?[6:26]<nsgn> things are going great[6:27]<[Saint]> mjpeg decoder in PHP?[6:27]<nsgn> and they're only getting better[6:27]<[Saint]> Bwahahahahaha![6:27]<[Saint]> ...nice.[6:27]<nsgn> *wears shades*[6:27]<nsgn> annyway.[6:27]<nsgn> re PHP, it was a workaround for an odd situation[6:27]<fr0g911> hmm wonder how i can make xbmc on a timer to start a tv news stream when i wakeup in the morning[6:28]<[Saint]> cronjob?[6:28]<nsgn> a client had some goofy several year old network cams that only output mpeg4 and mjpeg, but we were running zoneminder[6:28]<fr0g911> yea but making it auto start the stream in xbmc[6:28]<[Saint]> Ah - hummm.[6:29]<nsgn> zoneminder had no native mpeg4 support at the time, had mjpeg but it mysteriously did not work with this camera model, but if zoneminder is great at one thing its still jpegs. ittl do them at 10 to 20fps per cam[6:29]<nsgn> however the cams in question did not do jpeg[6:29]<fr0g911> ive used zoneminder had alot of probs with it with foscam ip cams[6:29]* [Saint] is slightly annoyed at pimoroni[6:29]<nsgn> so i wote a PHP script that zoneminder would poll like it was a still jpeg[6:30]<nsgn> every time it was polled it would open a socket to the mjpeg camera until it received one frame worth of data, close it, and quickly output it to zoneminder who was waiting on the other line[6:30]<[Saint]> I ordered a "crystal" case, and they sent me a yellow case, affectionately named "Toxic Yellow".[6:30]<nsgn> it worked perfectly, and is actually still running 10 cams at 10fps each at this client to this day cause they havent updated their cams or software yet[6:30]<[Saint]> ...and by god, they're right about the toxic part.[6:30]<fr0g911> only thing i can think of is cronjob start xbmc and have it auto load playlist[6:30]<nsgn> [Saint], so yeah. i wrote a friggin mjpeg decoder in php[6:31]<nsgn> for a production env, noless[6:31]<[Saint]> that is impressive.[6:31]<[Saint]> Both in application, and the fact that you're still (I assume, at least partly) sane afterward.[6:31]<nsgn> it was a really short piece of code..it just took hours of sorting through raw dumps of the dlink camera mjpeg stream to find out it was outputting a NON STANDARD mjpeg stream[6:31]<nsgn> which is why zoneminder could not read it on its own[6:32]<nsgn> once i realized what it was doing i was able to write the custom script for it[6:32]<nsgn> next time the server crashes i'm putting in blue iris in place of zoneminder and calling it a day[6:33]<nsgn> after years and years of loyally using and contributing to the zoneminder project i finally gave up. for $50 ($25 if you buy in bulk) blue iris is a vastly superior piece of software. regularly updated/improved to boot[6:33]<nsgn> and has nearly all the same HTTP interfaces as zoneminder, so i can still write cool stuff for it like what i did right now on my pi[6:33]<Triffid_Hunter> nsgn: hah trust dlink to break things[6:34]<[Saint]> I ordered this ( http://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pibow/products/pibow-crystal ) "crystal" case X2, and the VESA backplate X2, and recieved this ( http://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pibow/products/pibow-toxic ) "toxic yellow" case X2 instead.[6:34]<nsgn> Triffid_Hunter, yeah. didnt recommend those cams. current budget cam i recommend is ubiquiti aircam. not much more open than the dlinks, though it does run linux and you can SSH into it....it is a darn good cam for the price and works flawlessly with blue iris[6:34]<nsgn> and now with my pi :)[6:34]<[Saint]> So, if anyone wants a terribly ugly bright yellow case when the replacements arrive - they can have it for shipping cost.[6:34]<fr0g911> goodnight[6:35]<[Saint]> pibow is being good enough to replace the order with what I wanted, and let me keep the nasty yellow ones.[6:36]<[Saint]> Someone at my hackerspace actually *wants* one of them (uuuuuugggggh), so - I'll have one left to get rid of.[6:36]* ReggieUK (~ReggieUK@5aca56b0.bb.sky.com) Quit ()[6:36]<[Saint]> I assume shipping will be a few bucks. I'll post in here when I recieve the replacements.[6:37]<[Saint]> For the moment, I need them, nast toxic yellow or no.[6:37]<[Saint]> I /could/ paint them, I guess, but then the whole transparent awesome effect is lost - which is the entire reason I wanted to get these cases (as well as build quality) from the beginning.[6:38]<[Saint]> they are one of the very few cases I have seen that are crush proof: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0174/1800/products/pibow-crystal_1024x1024.jpg?2622[6:40]<[Saint]> I needed to make some modification to it, though, so that the heat-pipe and sync would fit outside the case, because it definitely wouldn't fit inside it.[6:41]* pkrnj (~pkrnj@bas2-montreal47-1279443509.dsl.bell.ca) Quit (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com)[6:41]<[Saint]> The miniITX gamers world has lots of awesome odds and ends for cooling/mounting that can be adapted for pi usage.[6:41]* techman2 (~pi@unaffiliated/techman2) has joined #raspberrypi[6:42]* techman2 (~pi@unaffiliated/techman2) Quit (Quit: ircII EPIC5-1.1.2 -- Are we there yet?)[6:50]<Ben64> don't need cooling on pi[6:51]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[6:51]* [Saint] assumes Ben64 wasn't actually paying attention[6:51]<[Saint]> You do if you're running your pi at 1.2GHz plus[6:53]<nsgn> Ben64, haha, yeah. we just had that whole conversation[6:53]<nsgn> he does[6:53]<nsgn> he definately does[6:54]<Ben64> or you know.... not do that[6:54]<[Saint]> Where's the fun in that?[6:54]<[Saint]> The whole point of these things is to experiment.[6:55]<Ben64> overclocking is so 2002[6:55]* clonak3 (~clonak@45.200.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[6:55]<[Saint]> My word. Is is childish brat day today?[6:56]* Syliss (~Home@adsl-108-198-103-98.dsl.chi2ca.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Quit: Syliss)[6:56]<Ben64> chill out buddy[6:56]<[Saint]> You do what you want with you pi, and I will continue to do what I want with mine.[6:56]* clonak3 (~clonak@154.131.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) has joined #raspberrypi[6:56]<[Saint]> Or would you rather I pretend to care what you think?[6:56]<Ben64> just relax[6:56]<Ben64> no need to get your panties twisted[6:57]<nsgn> [Saint], he was just being silly. i didnt take it as that wild. its all good[6:57]<nsgn> i think your pi overclocking is cool ;)[6:58]<[Saint]> Its actually quite hot ;)[6:59]<nsgn> heh[6:59]<nsgn> do some liquid nitrogen cooling or something[7:00]<Ben64> i just don't get the point. slightly better performance at the cost of stability and possible hardware damage[7:00]<[Saint]> Yeah, the thing is - it isn't "slightly" better performance.[7:01]<[Saint]> nsgn jumped up 300MHz, and doubled the performance of his application.[7:01]<[Saint]> nsgn: I've been looking around trying to find a small enough plate for liquid cooling, but I think I'll have to bust out my CAD skills and get one machines.[7:01]<nsgn> Ben64, it's interesting with the pi. there are two categories of overclocking; the official, in warranty stuff and then the beyond 1ghz stuff[7:02]<nsgn> ben64 but i can actually tell you that the performance benefits on the pi are pretty huge. i went from pi default to the max allowed within warranty of 1ghz and it made my app run 2x faster[7:02]<[Saint]> Indeed. I've been playing with "the scary stuff". Because its a: enjoyable for me to do so, and b: a challenge.[7:03]<nsgn> as far as things you can overclock reasonably the pi is probably the cheapeast possible one[7:03]<nsgn> can you think of a system you can have fun overclocking that costs less?[7:03]<Ben64> i dunno, just seems like at that point a different board would be better[7:03]<nsgn> Ben64, its just about the challenge/fun/education[7:03]* the_real_crimper (~crimper@cpe-98-154-91-166.socal.res.rr.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[7:03]<nsgn> i've learned a lot that will benefit other projects in making the app i wrote run on the pi's little cpu[7:04]<Ben64> thats cool[7:04]<nsgn> there are plenty of other boards than the pi, for sure. a lot more powerful too[7:04]<nsgn> but the pi has its little place, and its fun[7:04]<nsgn> and its cheap enough you can use them places you might not other boards.[7:04]<[Saint]> I'm not doing this because I *need* the performance. My server is and hundreds of times more powerful. I'm doing this for the challenge, and the fun of it.[7:04]<nsgn> be it risky situations or just in 5 places instead of 1 cause you can afford them[7:05]* the_real_crimper (~crimper@cpe-98-154-91-166.socal.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[7:05]<[Saint]> If I blow one up. I get a laugh, and its cheap enough that I really don't care.[7:05]<nsgn> i'd like to slowly use a fleet of pis around my house to make typical appliances into internet connected appliances[7:05]<nsgn> silly, but for how cheap the Pi and a usb wireless adapter is..why the heck now[7:05]<nsgn> *not[7:05]<Ben64> i'm trying to decide if having a pi in my car would be worth it[7:05]<nsgn> Ben64, that'd be cool. what kind of stuff you wanna run on it?[7:05]<nsgn> multimedia, telemetry, something else?[7:05]<Ben64> music mostly[7:05]<[Saint]> Yeah - I use one to give my server a kick in the balls when it needs it.[7:05]<nsgn> ah[7:06]<nsgn> if my server ever went down i'd put one for that too[7:06]<[Saint]> ssh in and give the reset and/or power switch a tweak via gpio.[7:06]<nsgn> it has an uptime of about 600 days right now[7:06]<Ben64> not sure if it would drain the battery being on 24/7[7:06]<nsgn> Ben64, dont have it on 24/7[7:06]<nsgn> most vehicles have a few circuits that automatically cut on/off with the car[7:06]<nsgn> wire into that[7:06]<[Saint]> Yeah - why would you do that - wire it up to accessory.[7:06]<nsgn> i did that in my scion for some stuff[7:06]<Ben64> so i wouldn't have to wait for it to boot :)[7:06]<nsgn> unless you wanted to have constant communication with it by wifi[7:07]<[Saint]> I'm sure you could trivially make a little bank of caps to give it enough juice to power down safely.[7:07]<[Saint]> or, just make the card RO.[7:07]<nsgn> in which case, honestly, the pi uses so little juice that if you dont let your car sit for any more than a day or so at a time between uses you could probably run the pi constantly[7:07]* [Saint] nods[7:07]<nsgn> then just put a switch under the dash to cut it from constant power when parking for longer[7:07]<Triffid_Hunter> Ben64: last time someone asked, I vaguely recall working out that the car would have to be started every 2 days worst case or you risk reducing the battery life[7:07]<[Saint]> If you use the car every few days, you probably could safely have it connected 24/7[7:08]<[Saint]> it is quite efficient on power.[7:08]<nsgn> i think it'd be awesome to have a little computer in the car that had wifi on it and, when you pull in the garage, it connects and communicates with the house[7:08]<nsgn> dang. that sounds so cool i may do that[7:08]<[Saint]> I used to have a mini2440 in my Valliant.[7:08]<[Saint]> But, someone stole it.[7:08]<Ben64> i was thinking i should get a router in there too, so i could ssh in from the road[7:08]<[Saint]> ...oh, sorry, I lie. It was in the Allegro, not the Valliant.[7:08]<Triffid_Hunter> Ben64: you want a gsm dongle for that[7:09]<Ben64> i'm not trying to connect it to the internet[7:09]<Ben64> just a local network[7:09]<[Saint]> Someone managed to get into my car, remove the amp, the subs, the front 6"s, the rear 6X9"s and the mini2440 and touchscreen - all without setting off the alarm.[7:09]<[Saint]> I really had to give them some credit for that.[7:10]<nsgn> Ben64, you can probably do that with a wifi adapter on the PI and use less power than a router[7:10]<nsgn> adhoc network[7:10]<Triffid_Hunter> [Saint]: probably exploited a known weakness of the alarm.. acquaintances in those circles tell me that many car alarms can be disabled by breaking one of the rear tail lights[7:10]<[Saint]> Triffid_Hunter: I think they were just *really* careful...but, I'm not sure.[7:11]<[Saint]> I set the alarm off myself inthe morning when I "WTF!?!"ed.[7:11]<nsgn> but i've gotta crash now. be back tomorrow. night [Saint], ben64[7:11]<[Saint]> o/[7:11]<Ben64> i could easily make the pi power on when the car starts, and automatically play a hard drive full of songs[7:11]<Ben64> but i would like to be able to control it too...[7:12]<[Saint]> This is what I used to play with in the days before such things as the raspi and odroid u/x 2 existed: http://www.friendlyarm.net/products/mini2440[7:12]<nsgn> honestly a pi set in turbo using raspi-config boots raspbian so fast you really shouldnt have to worry about boot time[7:12]<[Saint]> Ben64: chalkelec makes some nice touchscreens for the pi.[7:12]<[Saint]> in 7 and 10" variants.[7:12]<Ben64> the problem is it has to be in the trunk[7:12]<[Saint]> Ahhhh...Hum.[7:12]<nsgn> but i'm out for real. night[7:12]<Ben64> silly infiniti[7:12]<[Saint]> that would be, difficult.[7:13]* nsgn (~nsgn@cpe-24-28-31-68.austin.res.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[7:13]<[Saint]> you /could/ have the pi in the back, and a touchscreen in the front, but I'm pretty sure you'd be breaking the USB spec with a cable that long (if you wanted to rout it nicely), and it would create a fire hazard.[7:14]* kkimlabs (~kkimlabs@108-214-96-225.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[7:14]<[Saint]> I think the USB spec only allows for a 5m cable[7:14]<[Saint]> Woo. I was right.[7:14]<[Saint]> 5m for USB high-speed.[7:15]<Ben64> or i could just get a bluetooth audio receiver and use my phone to play music[7:15]<Ben64> but pi could hold a lot more[7:16]<[Saint]> If future model pis have USb3, then you'd have no worries with cabling.[7:17]<[Saint]> I suppose you could use a balun, though.[7:19]<[Saint]> yeah, you could do a USB->CAT6->USB setup.[7:20]<[Saint]> I just had my mini2440 mounted in the center console, and the screen mounted in the dash.[7:20]<[Saint]> depending on your locality, that may or may not be legal, though.[7:22]* DenBeiren1 (~Denbeiren@91.86.35.115) has left #raspberrypi[7:25]<Ben64> nowhere in the car to mount stuff[7:26]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) has joined #raspberrypi[7:27]<[Saint]> here's the touchscreen I use on my piblet (raspberry pi tablet) anyway: http://www.chalk-elec.com/?page_id=1280#!/~/product/category=3094861&id=14647624[7:27]<[Saint]> cheap, plug&play.[7:35]* ekodan (~ekodan@unaffiliated/ekodan) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[7:38]* ekodan (~ekodan@unaffiliated/ekodan) has joined #raspberrypi[7:42]* timb_us (~timb@pool-72-82-108-213.nrflva.east.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[7:45]* matejv (~matej@tm.78.153.58.66.dc.cable.static.telemach.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[7:46]<Ben64> nice[7:50]* Bochi (~bochi@ppp-93-104-158-237.dynamic.mnet-online.de) has joined #raspberrypi[7:52]* CaNsA (CaNsA@cpc3-live19-2-0-cust937.know.cable.virginmedia.com) has joined #raspberrypi[8:00]* dangerousdave (~dangerous@78.156.71.46) has joined #raspberrypi[8:09]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) has joined #raspberrypi[8:11]* clonak4 (~clonak@192.212.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) has joined #raspberrypi[8:13]* clonak3 (~clonak@154.131.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) Quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds)[8:18]* Weaselweb (~quassel@77-64-181-50.dynamic.primacom.net) has joined #raspberrypi[8:20]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) Quit (Quit: mgbowman)[8:21]* alexwhitman (~alexwhitm@87-194-159-116.bethere.co.uk) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[8:22]* Pitel_IPEX (~pitel@gatekeeper.bm.ipex.cz) has joined #raspberrypi[8:24]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[8:24]* alexwhitman (~alexwhitm@87-194-159-116.bethere.co.uk) has joined #raspberrypi[8:26]* MarkDude (~MT@pdpc/supporter/student/markdude) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[8:26]* parasciidic (~null@5.254.137.9) has joined #raspberrypi[8:27]* FlipFlop (~Fl1pFl0p@unaffiliated/fl1pfl0p) Quit (Quit: sleep)[8:28]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[8:31]* Jevermeister (~Jevermeis@unaffiliated/jever) has joined #raspberrypi[8:31]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[8:32]* imark (~mark@client-80-0-212-157.bkl-bng-011.adsl.virginmedia.net) has joined #raspberrypi[8:33]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) has joined #raspberrypi[8:34]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[8:35]* ioryogi (~ioryogi@adsl-69-110-66-109.dsl.sktn01.pacbell.net) has joined #raspberrypi[8:37]* setkeh (~setkeh@69.197.166.100) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[8:40]* JohannesG (~JohannesG@u193-11-163-53.studentnatet.se) Quit (Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in)[8:41]* JohannesG (~JohannesG@u193-11-163-53.studentnatet.se) has joined #raspberrypi[8:44]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) Quit (Quit: mgbowman)[8:50]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[8:50]* JohannesG (~JohannesG@u193-11-163-53.studentnatet.se) Quit (Quit: ZNC - http://znc.in)[8:52]* JohannesG (~JohannesG@u193-11-163-53.studentnatet.se) has joined #raspberrypi[8:53]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[8:56]* bertrik (~quassel@rockbox/developer/bertrik) has joined #raspberrypi[9:02]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[9:04]* beet0l (~bangarang@cpe-24-193-79-42.nyc.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[9:05]* ninjak (~ninjak@77.239.137.142) has joined #raspberrypi[9:10]<Jck_true> I'm slightly confused - The lirc_rpi module seems to have been included in the raspberrypi/linux git tree - But why haven't I got it then - Do I really need to rebuild the kernel?[9:12]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) Quit (Quit: zproc)[9:14]<Jck_true> Nevermind - I'll offically go kill myself rpi_lirc != lirc_rpi[9:14]<[Saint]> Oh no! No one helped you in a whole *4* minutes![9:14]<[Saint]> ...shock horror.[9:15]<[Saint]> Better commit suicide, yep.[9:16]* Jevermeister (~Jevermeis@unaffiliated/jever) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[9:16]* idstam (~johan@c-1b7172d5.027-359-73746f23.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se) has joined #raspberrypi[9:19]<Jck_true> [Saint]: Still not proud to discover it's your own typo :)[9:20]<[Saint]> ...what are you talking about?[9:24]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[9:25]* ebswift (~ebswift@1.137.88.66) has joined #raspberrypi[9:25]* matejv (~matej@188-230-133-101.dynamic.t-2.net) has joined #raspberrypi[9:27]* bertrik (~quassel@rockbox/developer/bertrik) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[9:27]* Yen (~Yen@ip-83-134-97-249.dsl.scarlet.be) Quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)[9:29]<Jck_true> [Saint]: The module was there - I just mistyped the name[9:29]<[Saint]> Ahhhhh.[9:30]<[Saint]> d'Oh! :)[9:30]* steve_rox (~steve@82-69-127-162.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[9:32]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[9:32]* wiiguy (~fake@unaffiliated/wiiguy) has joined #raspberrypi[9:32]* Yen (~Yen@ip-83-134-114-85.dsl.scarlet.be) has joined #raspberrypi[9:34]* parasciidic (~null@5.254.137.9) Quit (Quit: Quit:)[9:38]* Lupinedk is now known as lupinedk[9:38]* schmodd (~pi@unaffiliated/schmodd) has joined #raspberrypi[9:40]* grantsmith (~grantsmit@unaffiliated/grantsmith) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[9:41]* schmodd (~pi@unaffiliated/schmodd) has left #raspberrypi[9:42]<gordonDrogon> What Ho! Good people of Pi Land![9:43]* [Saint] looks around for the good people[9:43]* [Saint] is now known as [Sinner][9:43]<[Sinner]> Muhuhahahaha![9:44]* [Sinner] is now known as [Saint][9:44]<gordonDrogon> Why the []'s ?[9:45]* gordonDrogon always wondered why people use them.[9:45]* grantsmith (~grantsmit@unaffiliated/grantsmith) has joined #raspberrypi[9:45]<[Saint]> Dunno really - I've been using the nick for about 12 years in various online games, etc.[9:46]<[Saint]> I would prefer "saint", but, despite valiant stalking attempts, for over 4 years, I haven't managed to get it yet.[9:46]<gordonDrogon> oh well - if it works for you :)[9:47]<[Saint]> ...I've come close, withing 2~3 days of the nick being released, but the guy that owns it is well aware that it is a popular nick.[9:47]<[Saint]> I've even offered to buy it from him.[9:47]<[Saint]> But, no dice.[9:48]<[Saint]> I own [Saint] and [Sinner] though, which I happen to think is kinda classy :)[9:49]* dreamon 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That stuff from Portal?[11:10]* [Saint] always laughs when someone says "I wish someone would do..."[11:11]<[Saint]> It reminds me of the age old "wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which one fills up first" saying.[11:12]<[Saint]> It is especially ironic in a channel dedicated to an educational micro-computer.[11:12]<[Saint]> You gots to learn that shizzle dawg. Word.[11:13]* DreamyDays (~dreamyday@175.253.62.224) has joined #raspberrypi[11:15]<gordonDrogon> Ah. Computer Games. How quiant.[11:16]<DreamyDays> Hello[11:16]<neilr> 'ello[11:17]<DreamyDays> I bought myself a raspberry last week so I'm still novice[11:18]<DreamyDays> hope i can have a lot of fun from this machine :)[11:18]* scorphus (~scorphus@CAcert/User/scorphus) has joined #raspberrypi[11:20]<troulouliou_dev> hi how does a gpio pin work ? is there a built in pull up resistor ?or should one always add one for instance to control a led[11:20]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, to control an OUTPUT then you don't need a pull-up as such, but you are writing to an LED, then that LED does need a resistor.[11:21]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, i was just reading a book about raspberry where the writer direcly plug a led between 3.3 and ground[11:22]<troulouliou_dev> just saw to internaly there already was a pull up per gpio pin[11:22]<troulouliou_dev> just thought sorry[11:22]* netzvieh (~nerd@landhandel-marschall.de) has joined #raspberrypi[11:22]<DreamyDays> ,[11:23]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, do that and the LED will blow up.[11:23]<gordonDrogon> you always should use a resistor with an LED.[11:23]<gordonDrogon> there are some LEDs that have it built in though, but they're not generally used.[11:24]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, start here for some examples: https://projects.drogon.net/raspberry-pi/gpio-examples/tux-crossing/gpio-examples-1-a-single-led/[11:26]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, yes i saw this and basically know this, but i read an example without in an official book[11:27]* coc00n (~Anonymous@p5DD96BDE.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #raspberrypi[11:27]<Ben64> its not completely necessary all the time to always have a resistor, but you should[11:27]<coc00n> hi[11:27]* DreamyDays (~dreamyday@175.253.62.224) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[11:28]<coc00n> im trying to create a wifi hotspot on my Pi. im using hostapd so far, but the network is always down after a few seconds[11:28]<coc00n> ive got a log file[11:28]<coc00n> http://pastebin.com/t2hYsBrn[11:28]* DreamyDays (~dreamyday@121.128.129.13) has joined #raspberrypi[11:29]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, this is the book:http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Raspberry-Pi-Make/dp/1449344216/ref=pd_sim_b_2[11:29]<troulouliou_dev> thanks for clarification[11:29]* Grievre (~Grievre@173-164-183-149-SFBA.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined #raspberrypi[11:29]<gordonDrogon> Ben64, only if you have a driver with a current limiter of some sort - otherwise you'll run the risk of ruining the LED or the driver or both...[11:29]<Grievre> Can GLX applications run on the raspberry pi or does it only support GLES?[11:30]<gordonDrogon> Grievre, OpenGL ES AIUI, but I'm no expert in that area at all...[11:30]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, maybe the author asume that 3.3 won't blow a led[11:31]* beet0l (~bangarang@cpe-74-72-87-242.nyc.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[11:31]<gordonDrogon> possibly, but they're wrong - it can, and it can destroy the driver inside the Pi )-:[11:32]<gordonDrogon> it's the sort of thing that Arduino people do - and get away with - most of the time, but it's wrong.[11:32]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, how do you calculate the resistor for a led or a transistor? based on the power in spec[11:32]* beet0l (~bangarang@cpe-74-72-87-242.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[11:33]* omgmog (~omgmog@109.204.123.35) has joined #raspberrypi[11:33]* DreamyDays (~dreamyday@121.128.129.13) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[11:33]* bha (~bha@bzq-79-183-218-42.red.bezeqint.net) has joined #raspberrypi[11:33]<bha> Hello everyone[11:33]<gordonDrogon> LEd is easy. you read the data sheet for the LED and it wil ltell you the voltage drop at a particular currrent. You then use Ohms law to work out the resistor needed.[11:33]<bha> is anyone from dutch?[11:34]<gordonDrogon> or you just make it up and use a 220 or 330?? resistor for an average LED at 3.3v[11:34]-NickServ- MABot!~datagutt@static.152.149.9.176.clients.your-server.de has just authenticated as you (DataBot)[11:35]-NickServ- YattaBot!~yatta@static.152.149.9.176.clients.your-server.de has just authenticated as you (DataBot)[11:35]<bha> I would like to purchase raspberry pi, my parents flys to amsterdam tonight, is there any shop there that sells it? I'd like to know one[11:35]<gordonDrogon> bha, no idea about being able to get one over the counter there. start googling :)[11:35]<gordonDrogon> or post in the raspberrypi.org forum, etc.[11:35]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, sorry to overflow but i m a noob :) i have a 4511 that i want to control with pi to light a 7 segment led; should i put a resistor between the gpio and bcd pin of the 4511 ?[11:36]<bha> yeah i've googled but it's dutch langugue[11:36]<bha> ;x[11:36]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, just a tick, I'll check the chip.[11:36]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, it isa bcd to 7 seg led decoder[11:38]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, you'll need 7 resistors.[11:38]<gordonDrogon> for the LED segments, but can connect from the Pi's GPIO (x4) directly into the chip.[11:39]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, how did you undestood that ? based on the datasheet ?[11:39]<gordonDrogon> yes.[11:39]<bha> I can't find any shop, all are online shops[11:39]<Grievre> I doubt you want to power any led of non-trivial brightness directly off of the pi's GPIO pins[11:39]<gordonDrogon> Grievre, 15mA is a very bight LED.[11:39]<gordonDrogon> http://unicorn.drogon.net/pi17leds.jpg[11:40]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, and my 7 led are common anode ;so i have to control with 7 transistor ; should i put a resistor between the pin of the 4511 and the base of the transistor ?[11:40]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, probably. but it's just to limit the base current.[11:40]<bha> is anyone from dutch can tell me where their shop at? http://nl.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi[11:41]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, you can drive it directly off the Pi though - 7 GPIOs directly into 7 resistors into the 7-segment display.[11:41]* Simon- (simon@proxima.lp0.eu) has joined #raspberrypi[11:41]<gordonDrogon> troulouliou_dev, no drivers, no transistors.[11:41]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, ha i have 2 of them in fact and the blinking dot in the upper lower corner as well as some inout[11:41]<gordonDrogon> https://projects.drogon.net/7-segment-led-display-for-the-raspberry-pi/[11:42]<troulouliou_dev> ha great[11:42]<gordonDrogon> only 1 resistor per digit there too - because I'm only lighting 1 segment at a time.[11:44]<troulouliou_dev> but you are using common cathode[11:44]<troulouliou_dev> so you don't need transistor[11:44]<troulouliou_dev> here i only have common anode and in my country, finding electronic component is a hard task ;)[11:44]<gordonDrogon> it wouldn't matter if it were the other way round. just change 1's for 0's in the code (and vice vesa)[11:45]<gordonDrogon> I make hardware simple by making the software slightly more involved.[11:45]* datagutt (~datagutt@unaffiliated/datagutt) Quit (Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)[11:46]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, yes just read it but if the gpio pin is the cathode/ground ; how do you switch off ?[11:46]* hnsr (~hnsr@5ED31161.cm-7-4a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[11:46]<troulouliou_dev> by putting 3.3 volt on the pin ?[11:46]<gordonDrogon> you can connect the common anode of the display to 3.3v and light up the segments from the Pi by setting the outputs to 0[11:46]<gordonDrogon> yes.[11:46]<coc00n> did some tried setting up a access pint with hostapd[11:46]<gordonDrogon> the pi's outputs will sink and source current.[11:47]<troulouliou_dev> gordonDrogon, big big thanks i btw started with you 1 led blog post ;) and slowly learning[11:47]<gordonDrogon> start small and easy an work up.[11:48]* bha (~bha@bzq-79-183-218-42.red.bezeqint.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[11:48]<hnsr> I'm thinking of buying a hdmi->displayport cable so I can hook up my pi to my new monitor, anyone know if these kind of cables are likely to cause issues with an rpi?[11:49]<gordonDrogon> hnsr, experiment and blog about it - I'm sure others will benefit from knowing if it works or not![11:49]<hnsr> hm I guess I might[11:50]<hnsr> for some reason I can't find anything cheaper than ???15 :s[11:50]<neilr> mmm, looking at that seven segment LED stuff has got me pondering on controlling nixie tubes from a pi[11:51]<neilr> I built a nixie clock some years ago from a kit of bits[11:51]* LostIninaka (~Unknown@unaffiliated/lostininaka) has joined #raspberrypi[11:51]<gordonDrogon> neilr, that's my intention one day too. maybe not from a Pi, but whatever :)[11:52]<gordonDrogon> neilr, there are still loads of ebay and kits and drivers.[11:52]* korsi (~korsi@adsl-82-141-118-85.kotinet.com) has joined #raspberrypi[11:52]<Jck_true> hnsr: I think I recall someone mentioning there is no sound[11:52]<neilr> now thinking that a nice polished wooden case containing the pi, with the nixies poking out the top[11:52]<troulouliou_dev> coc00n, i dont have access atm but there are great tuto aroubd here :http://sirlagz.net/2013/01/27/how-to-turn-the-raspberry-pi-into-a-shaping-wifi-router/[11:52]<gordonDrogon> neilr, waste of a Pi, however - much cool factor.[11:52]* LostIninaka is now known as LostInInaka[11:52]<gordonDrogon> back inna bit. local stuff to go here.[11:52]<hnsr> Jck_true, oh right, hadn't thought of that, but I guess there's still the 3.5mm connector for sound[11:53]<coc00n> troulouliou_dev, damn bandwith exceeded[11:55]<troulouliou_dev> coc00n, you have an atheros ?[11:55]<troulouliou_dev> with madwifi ?[11:55]<coc00n> troulouliou_dev, naah[11:55]<coc00n> ive got an tn-wn725n usb wlan stick[11:56]<coc00n> uses rtl8188cus driver[11:56]<sKeiths> when i run chromium i get these background errors. http://paste.debian.net/244571/ . I get no result when I locate 'libsoftokn3.so' so file don't exist. any help? (raspbian wheezy main contrib non-free rpi)[11:56]<troulouliou_dev> coc00n, i would try with another device first[11:56]<troulouliou_dev> hostapd is retty simple to configure[11:57]<troulouliou_dev> but there are some hardware incompatibility[11:57]<troulouliou_dev> mainly due to driver bug[11:59]* chris_99 (~chris_99@unaffiliated/chris-99/x-3062929) has joined #raspberrypi[12:00]<coc00n> troulouliou_dev, cap i dont have nay other stick or so[12:03]<Jck_true> neilr: Ouch nixies tubes were pretty expensive[12:03]* xCP23x (~xCP23x@149.241.236.236) has joined #raspberrypi[12:04]* LostInInaka (~Unknown@unaffiliated/lostininaka) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[12:05]<neilr> Jck_true: yeah, but the last clock I built, I sold for more than I paid for the parts, so that was OK. I'm still tempted to do something with a nixies and a pi for fun.[12:05]* ParkerR (ParkerR@unaffiliated/parkerr) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[12:05]* troulouliou_dev (~troulouli@unaffiliated/troulouliou-dev/x-4757952) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[12:05]<Jck_true> Looks pretty cool :) How did you drive them?[12:05]<neilr> A big transformer that took 240V AC and drove the board at 12V DC[12:06]* LostInInaka (~Unknown@unaffiliated/lostininaka) has joined #raspberrypi[12:06]<Jck_true> Don't they need alot more current than 12V?[12:06]<neilr> One of the first designs I looked at drove the entire board at 240V AC[12:06]<neilr> I didn't fancy poking about in there too much[12:06]<neilr> I'm not much of an electrician[12:07]* ParkerR (ParkerR@unaffiliated/parkerr) has joined #raspberrypi[12:09]<Jck_true> neilr: Still don't you need like atleast 100V to drive a tube like that...[12:10]<neilr> http://www.ronketti.org.uk/nixie.jpg[12:10]<neilr> There you go - that's what it came out like[12:10]<neilr> mmm, the more I think about this, the more I want to do it[12:10]<neilr> I need another project[12:11]* SirCrispinTheJew is now known as HoraceTheAutarch[12:11]* LostInInaka (~Unknown@unaffiliated/lostininaka) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[12:12]<neilr> Ah! Turns out I wrote something about it at the time:[12:12]<neilr> http://www.ronketti.org.uk/nixie.html[12:13]* LostInInaka (~Unknown@unaffiliated/lostininaka) has joined #raspberrypi[12:14]<Jck_true> neilr: Nice work[12:14]<hnsr> hm, regarding hdmi<->displayport cables, is tehre such a thing as a 'signal direction'? i.e. would it matter if the hdmi or displayport end goes into the display device?[12:16]* Firehopper (~Firehoppe@pool-71-175-194-74.phlapa.east.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[12:17]* zxc (~janne@pdpc/supporter/student/kosiini) has joined #raspberrypi[12:17]* LostInInaka is now known as LostinInaka[12:19]<Jck_true> There should be an online service which let you create full PCB with SMD components...[12:20]<Jck_true> (For retards like me that can't solder)[12:20]* Tyklol is now known as Tykling[12:22]<neilr> Soldering is easy! Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can :)[12:24]* Hydra (~Hydra@AGrenoble-652-1-277-122.w82-122.abo.wanadoo.fr) has joined #raspberrypi[12:25]<Jck_true> neilr: Well still - If tiny IC are way beyond my reach to solder...[12:25]<Jck_true> I can do throughholes components when I'm taking my time[12:26]* deffrag_ (~Dedec@unaffiliated/deffrag) Quit ()[12:26]<neilr> SMD stuff is tricky, true, but just take your time, and keep everything spotlessly clean, and it all works OK.[12:27]* mchou (~quassel@unaffiliated/mchou) has joined #raspberrypi[12:27]<Jck_true> Not forgetting to get all the components[12:27]<Jck_true> Anyway - I can dream :)[12:27]<Jck_true> http://www.circuits.io/ <-- That's pretty nice atleast[12:30]* mythos (~mythos@unaffiliated/mythos) has joined #raspberrypi[12:30]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@61.135.152.211) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[12:34]* LostinInaka is now known as LostInInaka[12:35]* DreamyDays (~DreamyDay@112.187.220.163) has joined #raspberrypi[12:41]* fatpudding (~fatpuddin@82.178.9.46.customer.cdi.no) has joined #raspberrypi[12:42]* frojnd_ is now known as frojnd[12:43]<hnsr> is there a known issue with mcpi not working when using analog video output (PAL) with a lower-than-standard resolution? 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I heard a lot about Wordpress, but some googling seems to indicate that Wordpress is heavy for Pi. Any lightweight suggestions?[13:57]* tektsu (~Adium@wsip-174-79-34-244.ph.ph.cox.net) has joined #raspberrypi[13:57]<andrewvos> DreamyDays: If you can get ruby on there then toto is a nice lightweight engine[13:57]<andrewvos> andrewvos.com <- that's on toto[13:57]<andrewvos> oh wait, no it's using my blog engine now actually, but toto is better[13:58]* audiodef (~quassel@pool-71-191-172-210.washdc.fios.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[13:58]<DreamyDays> andrewvos, i'll check it out toto :) thanks for the suggestion[13:58]* Coffe (~mrGreen@nat.basefarm.se) has joined #raspberrypi[13:59]<kkit> DreamyDays, there are also 'compilers' like ikiwiki[13:59]* IT_Sean (~Ult_Ubunt@applefritter/IRCStaff/UltimateMacUser1) has joined #raspberrypi[14:00]* Adam_T (~at895@milan.cs.york.ac.uk) has joined #raspberrypi[14:00]* xnyhps_ is now known as xnyhps[14:00]* ChanServ sets mode +o IT_Sean[14:00]<IT_Sean> Morning everyone[14:00]<DreamyDays> kkit, compilers? i'm not sure if i get it. is it a type of wiki?[14:00]<kkit> the ikiwiki site explains what it does[14:00]<andrewvos> compiles markdown (for example to html[14:01]<andrewvos> )[14:01]<DreamyDays> ah, so you write in wiki language, and compile that to html?[14:02]<nid0> fwiw, wordpress with proper optimisation does work fine on a pi if you want something straightforward[14:02]* MauveGnome (~MauveGnom@host86-164-71-181.range86-164.btcentralplus.com) has joined #raspberrypi[14:03]* coc00n (~Anonymous@p5DD96BDE.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Quit: coc00n)[14:04]* MauveGnome (~MauveGnom@host86-164-71-181.range86-164.btcentralplus.com) has left #raspberrypi[14:05]<Jck_true> DreamyDays: http://jekyllrb.com/ in Ruby - Sculpin in PHP - nanoc in ruby - Phrozn in php[14:05]<SpeedEvil> also, tiddlywiki[14:05]<Jck_true> DreamyDays: Hyde in Python - Loads of static site generators[14:05]<SpeedEvil> client side wiki[14:05]<SpeedEvil> is shiny[14:06]<SpeedEvil> (for some apps)[14:06]<andrewvos> Use jekyll if you want all your urls to end in .html.[14:06]<Jck_true> SpeedEvil: haha TiddlyWiki is awesome - I just haven't found any actual use for iut :D[14:06]<SpeedEvil> Jck_true: tis great for a local wiki[14:07]<andrewvos> Use toto, and keep your shit in git... You'll thanks us when your pi breaks and you have a backup on github.[14:07]<andrewvos> Or beter yet, don't even use a pi. Use Heroku.[14:07]<Jck_true> Tumblr? :D[14:08]<andrewvos> No tumblr is for 12 year olds :)[14:08]<kaste> why is that?[14:08]<andrewvos> I'm just joking really[14:08]<Jck_true> andrewvos: I really hope the users of tumbler aint 12 with the amount of NSFW material on there...[14:08]* ganbold_ (~Ganbold@202.179.0.162) has joined #raspberrypi[14:09]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[14:09]<DreamyDays> i've looked up toto, and it looks like it is made to run on a cloud service[14:09]* xCP23x (~xCP23x@149.241.236.236) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[14:09]<andrewvos> DreamyDays: Hint, everything is the cloud :)[14:10]<andrewvos> DreamyDays: Seriously though, Heroku will get you an entirely free host for your blog[14:10]<andrewvos> My blog has been on there for a few years, not paid a cent.[14:10]* pksato (~PEBKAC@unaffiliated/pksato) has joined #raspberrypi[14:11]<Jck_true> andrewvos: Ehh from what I can read on their page it costs atleast 5cents an hour...[14:11]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) has joined #raspberrypi[14:11]<DreamyDays> that is cool, but using cloud service kind of defeats my purpose of using Pi as a server[14:12]<Jck_true> andrewvos: Oh and you're right - 1 web dyno - Costs 0 $ :P[14:12]<DreamyDays> thanks for the suggestion though :)[14:12]<mgottschlag> hey, I want to use a pi for current measurements - anybody can recommend a cheap (but precise enough) ADC with 3-4 channels where I can attach a couple of LEM current transducers (http://www.lem.com/hq/en/component/option,com_catalog/task,displayserie/serie,HASS/output_type,/)?[14:13]* Firehopper (~Firehoppe@pool-71-175-194-74.phlapa.east.verizon.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving)[14:14]<Matt> mgottschlag: not sure if there's anyone around in here at the moment who can answer that[14:14]<Matt> you might try ##electronics tho, someone there might be able to help[14:15]* athanor (~athanor@12.131.0.2) has joined #raspberrypi[14:16]<mgottschlag> hm, thx, I'll ask there[14:17]* m8 (~mor@unaffiliated/m8) has joined #raspberrypi[14:19]<mgottschlag> hm, other question, anybody here has worked with PIC microcontrollers before? :)[14:19]* mike_t (~mike@pluto.dd.vaz.ru) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[14:21]<gordonDrogon> I did a job with a PIC once. no plans to touch them again...[14:21]* typhonic (~typhonic@66.83.14.218.nw.nuvox.net) has joined #raspberrypi[14:21]<mgottschlag> okay, just asking because their ADCs seem to be a bit more precise compared to AVR[14:22]<gordonDrogon> if you want more bits just use an external ADC ... but you'll probably end up fighting noise unless you make a proper PCB for it, etc.[14:23]<mgottschlag> I plan to make "a proper PCB" for it, although I have no experience in making PCBs :|[14:24]<mgottschlag> I'll probably combine an external ADC with a microcontroller then so that the pi doesn't have to care about RMS computation for AC current[14:27]* cpg is now known as cpg|away[14:28]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[14:28]<Grievar> mgottschlag: If you find yourself combining the raspberry pi with a microcontroller, there's a good chance that what you actually want is a beaglebone[14:28]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) has joined #raspberrypi[14:28]* onefreeman (~onefreema@host86-147-174-192.range86-147.btcentralplus.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[14:29]* flufmnstr (~rawr@71-83-131-140.dhcp.snbr.ca.charter.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[14:29]<Grievar> mgottschlag: It's essentially an ARM SoC like the pi, but with a pair of microcontrollers on the chip that share memory with the main CPU. You run linux (or whatever) on the main CPU and your more sensitive code on the "realtime cores".[14:29]<Grievar> Pi + microcontroller is probably cheaper in a lot of cases though[14:29]<ShadowJK> yes[14:29]* divine (~divine@2001:470:8247:1::42) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[14:29]* invisiblek (~invisible@unaffiliated/invisiblek) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[14:30]<mgottschlag> hm, does the beaglebone have graphics?[14:31]<gordonDrogon> a lot depends on just how "realtime" you need. Pi is often good enough.[14:31]* invisiblek (~invisible@unaffiliated/invisiblek) has joined #raspberrypi[14:32]* onefreeman (~onefreema@host86-147-174-192.range86-147.btcentralplus.com) has joined #raspberrypi[14:33]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@221.221.155.4) has joined #raspberrypi[14:34]* Caleb (~Caleb@archlinux/op/caleb) has joined #raspberrypi[14:36]<Grievar> mgottschlag: yes[14:36]* divine (~divine@2001:470:8247:1::42) has joined #raspberrypi[14:38]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@221.221.155.4) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[14:39]* m8 (~mor@unaffiliated/m8) Quit (Quit: Sto andando via)[14:39]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@221.221.155.4) has joined #raspberrypi[14:43]* troulouliou_dev (~troulouli@unaffiliated/troulouliou-dev/x-4757952) has joined #raspberrypi[14:45]* rideh (~rideh@rrcs-97-78-213-114.se.biz.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[14:46]* omgmog (~omgmog@109.204.123.35) has joined #raspberrypi[14:46]* elek_ (elek_@c-76-111-252-247.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[14:49]* 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seconds)[15:50]* aphadke (~Adium@c-71-198-6-18.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has left #raspberrypi[15:51]* Mr_Sheesh_AFK (Mr_Sheesh@unaffiliated/mr-sheesh/x-0757054) has joined #raspberrypi[15:51]* Mr_Sheesh (Mr_Sheesh@unaffiliated/mr-sheesh/x-0757054) Quit (Disconnected by services)[15:52]* Mr_Sheesh_AFK is now known as Mr_Sheesh[15:55]<TheSeven> what is the difference between the kernel.img vs. kernel_cutdown.img, and start.elf vs. start_cd.elf files?[15:55]<TheSeven> and what is start_x.elf?[15:56]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[15:57]* alcides (~alcides@unaffiliated/alcides) has joined #raspberrypi[15:57]* mark_vh (~pi@a91-152-107-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi) has joined #raspberrypi[15:58]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) has joined #raspberrypi[15:59]* [Saint] (~quassel@rockbox/user/saint) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[16:00]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[16:01]* MadeAllUp 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over[16:46]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[16:47]* DenBeiren (~Denbeiren@91.86.35.115) has joined #raspberrypi[16:48]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[16:48]* Nemo7 (~nemo@unaffiliated/nemo7) has joined #raspberrypi[16:48]* DenBeiren (~Denbeiren@91.86.35.115) has left #raspberrypi[16:48]* TheSeven wonders where to start[16:49]* ShiftPlusOne (~Shift@unaffiliated/shiftplusone) has joined #raspberrypi[16:50]<TheSeven> hm, it isn't completely dead. it notices if I unplug the sd card[16:50]* chupacabra (~michael@cpe-66-68-111-24.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[16:51]* steve__ (~steve@2001:760:2e00:f098:213:77ff:febb:c65e) has joined #raspberrypi[16:51]<steve__> hello![16:51]<steve__> is there anyone?[16:52]* bact (~me@bact.eu) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[16:52]<ShiftPlusOne> hi[16:52]<steve__> hey :)[16:53]<steve__> i have some questions about rpi, can i ask them to you?[16:53]<aganders3> just ask, don't ask to ask[16:53]<ShiftPlusOne> you can ask everyone here and if someone can answer, they will.[16:53]<steve__> ok thanks :)[16:54]<steve__> i am an IT student and i want to build a rpi-based quadcopter[16:54]<steve__> i've readed about real time OS[16:54]* omgmog (~omgmog@109.204.123.35) Quit (Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)[16:54]<steve__> and i learned about some patches[16:55]<steve__> that can transform a normal rpi distro to a time based distro[16:55]<buzzsaw> still no question ;-)[16:56]* nbookham (~nbookham@cpc2-horn3-2-0-cust392.6-1.cable.virginmedia.com) has joined #raspberrypi[16:56]<steve__> is more efficent this kind of solution or an arduino or similar platform for my aim?[16:56]* nbookham (~nbookham@cpc2-horn3-2-0-cust392.6-1.cable.virginmedia.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[16:56]* TheSeven recommends some ARM-based flight controller board[16:57]<steve__> i mean, with pi i have more calculation power, but is not real time[16:57]<TheSeven> there's a nice stm32-based one, which already has a bunch of on-board sensors[16:57]<steve__> so the I/O is not equivalen to an arduino or other micro[16:57]<buzzsaw> there are people doing amazing things with arduino and quadcopters...[16:57]<TheSeven> realtime is primarily a matter of software, but certain platforms just make it easier by providing some readily-made infrastructure[16:57]<steve__> yeah i readed about this[16:58]<ShiftPlusOne> TheSeven, are those sensors actually any good for this application? The board came with a demo where the leds light up based on the accelerometer and they were all over the place.[16:58]<buzzsaw> g o r d o n D r o g o n, was talking about the quadcopter and pi a few days ago[16:58]<buzzsaw> spread his name out because I did not want to pin him ;-)[17:00]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[17:01]<TheSeven> ShiftPlusOne: I haven't tried it out personally yet[17:02]<TheSeven> there are several such boards[17:02]<ShiftPlusOne> fair enough[17:02]* bact (~me@bact.eu) has joined #raspberrypi[17:03]<steve__> ok but let's ignore the effiency stuff for a while, it could be possible by the way?[17:04]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) Quit (Quit: zproc)[17:04]<steve__> its a lot more difficult?[17:04]* ganbold_ (~Ganbold@202.179.0.162) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[17:04]* mythos (~mythos@unaffiliated/mythos) Quit (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)[17:04]<TheSeven> ShiftPlusOne: http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=AeroQuad32+Flight+Control+Board[17:04]<steve__> do i need a lot of external sensors?[17:04]<TheSeven> this is the one that I was talking about[17:06]<ShiftPlusOne> TheSeven, ah, so that one is actually made specifically for the application. I thought you were talking about the F4 DIscovery board or similar[17:06]<TheSeven> no, the discovery board isn't quite suited for that purpose[17:07]<ShiftPlusOne> yup[17:10]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[17:12]* Coffe (~mrGreen@nat.basefarm.se) has left #raspberrypi[17:12]* robscomputer (~robscompu@nat/yahoo/x-sgcenswblgdqniai) has joined #raspberrypi[17:13]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) has joined #raspberrypi[17:16]* rideh (~rideh@rrcs-97-78-213-114.se.biz.rr.com) Quit (Quit: rideh)[17:17]<gordonDrogon> buzzsaw, ping :)[17:17]<gordonDrogon> there is someone on the forums who appears to have a quadcoper going with just a Pi.[17:18]<gordonDrogon> think it's just a Pi and not a Pi + 'duino system.[17:18]<bact> getting the balance right must be a pain[17:22]<TheSeven> bact: software can compensate that :)[17:22]* Pitel_IPEX (~pitel@gatekeeper.bm.ipex.cz) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out)[17:24]<steve__> thank you for the moment :) bye[17:24]* steve__ (~steve@2001:760:2e00:f098:213:77ff:febb:c65e) Quit (Quit: Sto andando via)[17:26]<dreamreal> gordonDrogon: do you know how to use the sound chip on the pi to generate audio waveforms?[17:26]<TheSeven> sound chip?[17:26]<dreamreal> there's lots of documentation on playing mp3 and .wav, etc., but I have little interest in that[17:26]<TheSeven> you mean that filtered PWM thing?[17:26]* pksato (~PEBKAC@unaffiliated/pksato) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[17:26]* pksato (~PEBKAC@unaffiliated/pksato) has joined #raspberrypi[17:26]<dreamreal> the bcm2835, yeah[17:27]* cccy_RegeaneWolf is now known as cccyRegeaneWolfe[17:28]* ka6sox is now known as ka6sox-farfarawa[17:28]<dreamreal> no, whatever the heck the audio output is connected to[17:28]<TheSeven> that's just a PWM on a gpio pin with some analog filter circuitry[17:29]<buzzsaw> perhaps you should use a DDS :-)[17:29]<buzzsaw> that way you could get other ranges too[17:29]<buzzsaw> haha gordonDrogon someone else was asking and I remembered you saying something[17:30]<buzzsaw> I am not ready to mess with a quadcopter yet... to maany other projects on the table[17:30]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has joined #raspberrypi[17:30]<dreamreal> TheSeven: any docs on using it?[17:30]* troulouliou_dev (~troulouli@unaffiliated/troulouliou-dev/x-4757952) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[17:30]* yinkum (~yinkum@74.126.146.86) has left #raspberrypi[17:30]* MarkDude (~MT@pdpc/supporter/student/markdude) has joined #raspberrypi[17:30]<TheSeven> dreamreal: no idea, but what are you actually trying to do?[17:30]<TheSeven> seems easiest to go through whatever audio APIs are there[17:30]<dreamreal> I was thinking of using the pi as a simple synthesizer[17:31]<TheSeven> so what you're looking for is basically how to play back runtime-generated audio on linux?[17:31]<dreamreal> yeah, I'm googling for it already[17:32]<dreamreal> wasn't really thinking on linux as being the transport level[17:34]<TheSeven> actually it isn't really linux but rather a sound system, probably alsa in this case[17:34]<dreamreal> sure, but the concept is workable... and simpler. I was thinking about the pi, specifically, when apparently I should have been thinking alsa or whatever[17:36]<Torikun> http://www.linuxandlife.com/2013/03/meet-miipc-raspberry-pi-american-style.html[17:37]* Orion_ (~Orion_@205.118.211.29) has joined #raspberrypi[17:48]* larsks_ is now known as larsks[17:49]<chupacabra> WHY????????? http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/03/26/1256210/dos-emulation-arrives-for-the-raspberry-pi[17:49]<ShiftPlusOne> To play the millions of great dos games out there?[17:49]* sleetdrop (~sleetdrop@221.221.155.4) Quit (Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)[17:49]<ShiftPlusOne> though I can only think of a few[17:50]<IT_Sean> chupacabra: because you can?[17:50]* timb_us (~timb@pool-72-82-108-213.nrflva.east.verizon.net) Quit (Quit: Leaving...)[17:50]<IT_Sean> i.e. "why not?"[17:51]* N0_Named_Guy (~Someone@a89-153-114-3.cpe.netcabo.pt) Quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds)[17:51]* typhonic (~typhonic@66.83.14.218.nw.nuvox.net) has joined #raspberrypi[17:52]* thomashunter (~thomashun@208-44-138-156.dia.static.qwest.net) has joined #raspberrypi[17:52]<gordonDrogon> dreamreal, I know how to use PWM to generate squawks :)[17:52]* typhonic (~typhonic@66.83.14.218.nw.nuvox.net) Quit (Client Quit)[17:54]<dreamreal> well, the midi controller is primarily for controlling offboard midi devices (duhrrrr, I guess) but I keep toying with the idea of onboard sound generation, just because I can[17:54]* bact (~me@bact.eu) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[17:54]* mgottschlag (~quassel@reactos/tester/phoenix64) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[17:55]<chupacabra> lol[17:57]* redsoup (~redsups@h-123-173-94.a336.priv.bahnhof.se) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[17:58]* xCP23x (~xCP23x@149.241.236.236) has joined #raspberrypi[17:58]<biberao> yo ppl[17:58]<biberao> chupacabra: crazy nick[17:59]* alcides (~alcides@unaffiliated/alcides) Quit (Quit: There's no place like 127.0.0.1)[18:01]<gordonDrogon> dreamreal, lookup all the standard Linux way of producing sounds - it will them work via the 3.5mm jack or the hdmi (I think)[18:02]* aphadke (~Adium@c-71-198-6-18.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[18:02]* aphadke (~Adium@c-71-198-6-18.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has left #raspberrypi[18:02]<chupacabra> tks[18:03]* typhonic (~typhonic@66.83.14.218.nw.nuvox.net) has joined #raspberrypi[18:04]<dreamreal> *nod*[18:06]* ninjak (~ninjak@77.239.137.142) has joined #raspberrypi[18:06]* NIN101 (~NIN@p5DD29A77.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) has joined #raspberrypi[18:08]<ReggieUK> midi is a reasonable thing to look at but really, what you're looking for is information on 'virtual instruments'[18:08]<ReggieUK> midi would be a decent framework to build around (tried, tested, all of the big software works with it)[18:09]<ReggieUK> unless you look at 'tracker' stuff?[18:10]* mythos (~mythos@unaffiliated/mythos) has joined #raspberrypi[18:10]<ReggieUK> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software#Synthesizers[18:10]* mpmc is now known as mpmc|Away[18:12]* redsoup (~redsups@h-123-173-94.a336.priv.bahnhof.se) has joined #raspberrypi[18:13]* slm4996 is now known as zz_slm4996[18:15]* Kaboon (kaboon@524A5520.cm-4-3b.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[18:15]* Mement (~Mement@535726AA.cm-6-8a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[18:16]<Mement> Hey, I followed Simon his tutorial on setting up a remote connection. However, at one step it tells me to move the /boot/boot_enable_ssh.rc to /boot/boot.rc[18:16]* zz_slm4996 is now known as slm4996[18:16]* MarkDude (~MT@pdpc/supporter/student/markdude) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[18:16]<Mement> Both the file and the directory doesn't exist. I can't find any information what these files should contain.[18:17]* bact (~me@bact.eu) has joined #raspberrypi[18:23]* rideh (~rideh@rrcs-97-78-213-114.se.biz.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[18:25]* yofel (~quassel@ubuntu/member/yofel) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[18:30]* mgottschlag (~quassel@reactos/tester/phoenix64) has joined #raspberrypi[18:31]* omgmog (~omgmog@109.204.123.35) has joined #raspberrypi[18:32]<gordonDrogon> sounds like something very old.[18:32]<gordonDrogon> current Raspbian installs have sshd running by default.[18:34]* rolleiflex (~rolleifle@64.124.192.210) has joined #raspberrypi[18:34]* mlpug (~mlpug__@dsl-espbrasgw1-54f9d7-209.dhcp.inet.fi) has joined #raspberrypi[18:34]* DreamyDays (~dreamyday@112.187.220.163) Quit (Read error: Operation timed out)[18:35]<bact> the original wheezy release had ssh off be default[18:36]<bact> raspbian has always had it on[18:36]* wjoe (~joe@lc8n.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[18:36]* rolleiflex (~rolleifle@64.124.192.210) Quit (Client Quit)[18:36]* datagutt (~datagutt@unaffiliated/datagutt) has joined #raspberrypi[18:37]* ninjak (~ninjak@77.239.137.142) Quit (Quit: Sto andando via)[18:37]* wjoe (~joe@lc8n.com) has joined #raspberrypi[18:38]* converge (~converge@unaffiliated/joaop) has joined #raspberrypi[18:38]* dangerousdave (~dangerous@78.156.71.46) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[18:39]* CyberKiLL (~CyberKiLL@c-98-250-230-55.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) has joined #raspberrypi[18:39]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) has joined #raspberrypi[18:47]* stephenl (~stephen@ec2-54-235-223-231.compute-1.amazonaws.com) has joined #raspberrypi[18:50]* arcanescu (925706ef@gateway/web/freenode/ip.146.87.6.239) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[18:51]* seba- (~hel1@cpe-90-157-233-7.static.amis.net) has joined #raspberrypi[18:51]<seba-> f8l, nope :/ wasn't that[18:53]* omgmog (~omgmog@109.204.123.35) Quit (Quit: Computer has gone to sleep.)[18:53]<Mement> Yup, I figured out SSH was indeed enabled in the back of a Pi already. No need to move anything to the boot folder.[18:53]<Mement> It works as intended with PuTTy. Preferred Cygwin, but can't find hostname. Will look into that later.[18:53]* seba- (~hel1@cpe-90-157-233-7.static.amis.net) Quit ()[18:54]<rymate1234> Host name is usually raspberrypi[18:54]<Mement> Yes, prolly is a Cygwin issue, as PuTTy works perfect.[18:55]* chod (~chod@toy-town.demon.co.uk) has joined #raspberrypi[18:55]<Mement> What I never actually found is... Shutting down a SSH connection(?)[18:55]<Mement> Is it correct to just shut down PuTTy console?[18:55]<IT_Sean> are you referring to the 'exit' command?[18:56]* adb (~IonMoldom@178.211.237.94) has joined #raspberrypi[18:56]<Mement> In some sort of way, yes. In PuTTy you logout on the user on the Pi, and then exit/close PuTTy console is right way to shut down?[18:56]* Cheery_ is now known as Cheery[18:56]<Mement> (Not wanting to shutdown the Pi, but just close the SSH connection made between desktop and Pi)[18:56]<IT_Sean> Yes.[18:57]<IT_Sean> That should do it. Log out, then close putty.[18:57]* eggy (matt@unaffiliated/eggy) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[19:01]* clonak (~clonak@134.222.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) has joined #raspberrypi[19:03]* clonak4 (~clonak@192.212.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[19:07]* j0d3_ (~sudaka@36.252.117.91.static.mundo-r.com) has joined #raspberrypi[19:07]<j0d3_> hi[19:11]<bact> Mement: putty should close itself after use exit[19:11]* clonak (~clonak@134.222.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[19:12]* mike_t (~mike@80.234.123.77) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[19:12]* Mikelevel (~MoVeWoRk@60.Red-80-25-210.staticIP.rima-tde.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[19:12]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[19:14]* _cheney (~cheney@nat.sierrabravo.net) has joined #raspberrypi[19:16]* Kane (~Kane@251.40.197.77.rev.sfr.net) has joined #raspberrypi[19:18]* Delboy (~openwrt@141-136-251-110.dsl.iskon.hr) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[19:23]* Delboy (~openwrt@141-136-251-87.dsl.iskon.hr) has joined #raspberrypi[19:23]* bakhosm (~bakhosm@109.110.126.179) has joined #raspberrypi[19:24]* dreamon (~dreamon@unaffiliated/dreamon) Quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds)[19:25]<dreamreal> gordonDrogon: around?[19:26]* bakhosm (~bakhosm@109.110.126.179) Quit (Client Quit)[19:26]* clonak (~clonak@52.197.252.27.dyn.cust.vf.net.nz) has joined #raspberrypi[19:27]* deffrag_ (~Dedec@unaffiliated/deffrag) Quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds)[19:27]<dreamreal> gordonDrogon: just wanted to suggest the use of const in the wiringPi C API, where the values aren't changed internally[19:28]<dreamreal> like wiringSerial.h: serialOpen(char *device, int baud) could be serialOpen(const char *device, const int baud)[19:28]<dreamreal> (this would help with the use of C++, esp with string conversions for serialOpen)[19:29]<Jck_true> Odd question - if you run `tvservice --off` and then `tvservice --preferred` does your terminal blank out?[19:30]<gordonDrogon> dreamreal, ping[19:30]* timb_us (~timb@pool-72-82-108-213.nrflva.east.verizon.net) has joined #raspberrypi[19:31]<Jck_true> I can run all the demo code - But the linux terminal remains hidden[19:32]* peterrus (~peterrus@5352B04C.cm-6-3c.dynamic.ziggo.nl) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[19:34]* Flexnard (Nesereth@c-76-113-235-26.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: out)[19:34]<gordonDrogon> dreamreal, interting idea.[19:36]<dreamreal> gordonDrogon: in C++, given a string type (i.e., std::string) the serialOpen ends up looking like this: fd=serialOpen(const_cast<char *>(deviceName.c_str()), baudRate);[19:37]<dreamreal> it's not the worstest thing the world has ever seen ever, but still...[19:38]* tycen (~tycen@72.5.59.176) has joined #raspberrypi[19:39]* Dakota (~Dakota@prim.milamber.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[19:39]* pretty_function (~sigBART@123.252.214.115) has joined #raspberrypi[19:39]<gordonDrogon> I've changed everything for the v2 release in wiringSerial anyway.[19:39]<dreamreal> heh, k :)[19:40]<gordonDrogon> I suppose I could do everything where it really is a const and not used in the function...[19:40]<gordonDrogon> I learnt C before 'const' had been invented, so it's not in my mind as it were..[19:40]<dreamreal> *nod* I'm having to update for C++, and I find the conversion is not complete :)[19:42]<dreamreal> (having to update my knowledge of C++, that is, which predates C++0x)[19:42]* Grievar (~Grievre@173-164-183-149-SFBA.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) Quit ()[19:42]* arcanescu (925706ef@gateway/web/freenode/ip.146.87.6.239) has joined #raspberrypi[19:49]* Jevermeister (~Jevermeis@unaffiliated/jever) has joined #raspberrypi[19:50]* Borgso (~nirox@unaffiliated/borgso) has joined #raspberrypi[19:52]* bakhosm (~bakhosm@109.110.126.179) has joined #raspberrypi[19:53]* aphadke (~Adium@2620:101:8003:200:71dc:77d6:c2b0:80e1) has joined #raspberrypi[19:54]* Syliss (~Home@108.198.103.98) has joined #raspberrypi[19:54]* cccyRegeaneWolfe is now known as cccy_RegeaneWolf[19:54]* Kaboon (kaboon@524A5520.cm-4-3b.dynamic.ziggo.nl) Quit ()[19:55]* Orion__ (~Orion_@205.118.211.29) has joined #raspberrypi[19:58]* Orion_ (~Orion_@205.118.211.29) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[20:01]<gordonDrogon> I have 100's of changed to make const into ...[20:02]* bge (~sticks@86-60-194-238-Dyn-dsl.ssp.fi) has joined #raspberrypi[20:03]<Jck_true> gordonDrogon: Couldn't you make GPIO support "toggle" as a write value? :)[20:03]* peterrus (~peterrus@5352B04C.cm-6-3c.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[20:07]* Shaan7 (~quassel@kde/shantanu) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[20:07]* AeroNotix (~xeno@aboe193.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) has joined #raspberrypi[20:10]<gordonDrogon> Jck_true, #define digitalToggle (pin) digitalWrite (!digitalRead (pin))[20:10]<gordonDrogon> er, almost:[20:10]<gordonDrogon> Jck_true, #define digitalToggle (pin) digitalWrite (pin, !digitalRead (pin))[20:10]* pretty_function (~sigBART@123.252.214.115) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[20:10]<Jck_true> gordonDrogon: I mean the gpio commandline tool[20:11]<gordonDrogon> oh... hm. ok[20:13]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) Quit (Quit: zproc)[20:13]* Borgso (~nirox@unaffiliated/borgso) Quit ()[20:15]* slm4996 is now known as zz_slm4996[20:15]* adb (~IonMoldom@178.211.237.94) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[20:16]<gordonDrogon> while true; do gpio toggle 8 ; done[20:17]<gordonDrogon> produces z buzz at about 100Hz on the speaker I have on it ...[20:17]<gordonDrogon> it'll be in the v2 release.[20:21]* zz_slm4996 is now known as slm4996[20:22]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) Quit (Quit: mgbowman)[20:22]* bact (~me@bact.eu) Quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)[20:23]* Empty_One (~empty@CPE-72-131-74-201.wi.res.rr.com) has joined #raspberrypi[20:25]<SwK> this looks like something interesting to power a pi and other things with http://www.adafruit.com/products/184[20:25]<mythos> hmm... has someone here access to https://software.forge.mil/sf/frs/do/listReleases/projects.community_cac/frs.cackey ? it's a smartcard driver (license should be public domain), but it's quite hard actually to access this "open source community portal" =/[20:28]* mgbowman (~mgbowman@chello062178011248.4.11.vie.surfer.at) has joined #raspberrypi[20:28]* kaste (~kaste@unaffiliated/kaste) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[20:28]* Werlet (~Werlet@HSI-KBW-078-042-168-249.hsi3.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de) has joined #raspberrypi[20:29]* m8 (~mor@unaffiliated/m8) has joined #raspberrypi[20:30]* Werlet (~Werlet@HSI-KBW-078-042-168-249.hsi3.kabel-badenwuerttemberg.de) Quit (Client Quit)[20:30]* seba- (~hel1@cpe-90-157-233-7.static.amis.net) has joined #raspberrypi[20:31]<seba-> f8ld, ok, i've found some better tools to test SD cards and there's like a piece of SD card (200 kB) where it corrupts data[20:33]* teepee (~teepee@p4FFFD209.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[20:33]* athanor (~athanor@12.131.0.2) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[20:33]* teepee (~teepee@p508464E5.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #raspberrypi[20:39]<SwK> anyone know if theres an updated eagle library that includes the layout for the r2 pi's? something with the drill holes for the test mounts[20:40]<seba-> f8ld, very interesting :) that's why it showed ok on like simple tests, like copying a movie on and sha1-ing it[20:45]* dreamon (~dreamon@unaffiliated/dreamon) has joined #raspberrypi[20:48]* Flexnard (~Flex@host-169-126-2-96.midco.net) has joined #raspberrypi[20:52]* Cykey (~textual@modemcable119.94-162-184.mc.videotron.ca) has joined #raspberrypi[20:53]* ryanteck (~Ryan@fsf/member/Ryanteck) has joined #raspberrypi[20:54]* zproc (~zproc@laf31-6-82-241-3-109.fbx.proxad.net) has joined #raspberrypi[20:54]<Mement> Is this GitHub related? Stuck for almost 10minutes ---- http://i.imgur.com/O6jbUlb.png[20:56]* Yachtsman (~Yachtsman@107.42.79.195) has joined #raspberrypi[20:58]* typhonic (~typhonic@66.83.14.218.nw.nuvox.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[20:58]* typhonic (~typhonic@64.238.124.82) has joined #raspberrypi[21:00]* peol (~andree@unaffiliated/peol) Quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)[21:01]* slm4996 is now known as zz_slm4996[21:03]* peol (~andree@unaffiliated/peol) has joined #raspberrypi[21:04]* peol_ (~andree@unaffiliated/peol) has joined #raspberrypi[21:06]* sphenxes (~sphenxes@91-119-127-21.dynamic.xdsl-line.inode.at) Quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)[21:07]* Rootert (~Rootert@541F370E.cm-5-8a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[21:07]* adb (~IonMoldom@178.211.237.94) has joined #raspberrypi[21:07]* peol (~andree@unaffiliated/peol) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[21:07]* peol_ is now known as peol[21:09]* electronplusplus (~burak@a94-132-84-42.cpe.netcabo.pt) has joined #raspberrypi[21:10]<electronplusplus> Hi. I'm trying to implement an efficient version to solve the classic problem of PCB Drill. I know it's NP-Hard, I'm looking for an heuristic algorithm to give a good approximated answer. any ideas?[21:12]* XenGi is now known as XenGi_[21:14]* thomashunter (~thomashun@208-44-138-156.dia.static.qwest.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[21:14]* thomashunter (~thomashun@208-44-138-156.dia.static.qwest.net) has joined #raspberrypi[21:15]* Empty_One (~empty@CPE-72-131-74-201.wi.res.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Lost terminal)[21:17]* Tenkawa (~Tenkawa@unaffiliated/tenkawa) has joined #raspberrypi[21:17]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) has joined #raspberrypi[21:17]* eggy (matt@unaffiliated/eggy) has joined #raspberrypi[21:17]* sphenxes (~sphenxes@91-119-203-3.dynamic.xdsl-line.inode.at) has joined #raspberrypi[21:18]* zz_slm4996 is now known as slm4996[21:23]* redsoup (~redsups@h-123-173-94.a336.priv.bahnhof.se) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[21:23]<ripzay> electronplusplus[21:23]<ripzay> what do you mean the PCB drill problem ?[21:23]<ripzay> chinese postman ?[21:24]<ripzay> (shortest distance between all points)[21:24]<adeus> yeah the drill is a classic traveling salesman problem[21:24]<ripzay> yeah[21:25]<adeus> I'd go with nearest neighbor and hope for the best..[21:25]<ripzay> i did that at collete[21:25]<ripzay> college*[21:26]<ripzay> you may be able to use djikstra's algorythm[21:26]<aganders3> L/part[21:26]* aganders3 (~anderson@128.104.2.73) has left #raspberrypi[21:27]<ripzay> it's a little cleverer than nearest neighbor[21:27]<adeus> dijkstra is a shortest route algorithm[21:28]<ripzay> see this is a perfect example of "not remembering anything you learnt in college" :D[21:28]<ripzay> and by 'you', i mean.. me[21:28]<ripzay> :'([21:29]* bact (~me@bact.eu) has joined #raspberrypi[21:29]<adeus> you might get a nice route through the PCB board with it though :)[21:29]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.178) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[21:29]<ripzay> heh[21:30]* Tenkawa (~Tenkawa@unaffiliated/tenkawa) has left #raspberrypi[21:30]<ripzay> travelling salesman = nearest neighbor and lower bound algorythms.. correct ?[21:30]<ripzay> i.e. lower bound proves the nearest neighbor[21:30]<ripzay> or have i forgotten even more ? :D[21:31]<adeus> that sounds familiar[21:31]<ripzay> woohoo[21:31]* mark_vh (~pi@a91-152-107-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi) Quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds)[21:31]<ripzay> inceidentally.. i failed maths at college[21:32]<ripzay> heh[21:33]* Syliss (~Home@108.198.103.98) Quit (Quit: Syliss)[21:36]* RagBal (~RagBal@541F370E.cm-5-8a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[21:36]* mark_vh (~pi@a91-152-107-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi) has joined #raspberrypi[21:36]* Rootert (~Rootert@541F370E.cm-5-8a.dynamic.ziggo.nl) has joined #raspberrypi[21:37]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.179) has joined #raspberrypi[21:38]* owen_ (~owen@180.200.157.61) has joined #raspberrypi[21:40]<steve_rox> looking at images of ms latest windows dev "windows blue" looks like still intend to mock us with metro like things etc[21:41]* slm4996 is now known as zz_slm4996[21:41]* aphadke (~Adium@2620:101:8003:200:71dc:77d6:c2b0:80e1) has left #raspberrypi[21:41]* debenham (~cjd@202.92.67.179) Quit (Remote host closed the connection)[21:43]* converge (~converge@unaffiliated/joaop) Quit (Quit: Linkinus - http://linkinus.com)[21:43]* AeroNotix (~xeno@aboe193.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) Quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds)[21:43]<steve_rox> guess ms are trying hard to destroy the pc industry[21:45]<Mement> Using Windows 8 on laptop now for half a year. Still very happy with it[21:45]<Torikun> =([21:46]<Mement> sudo rpi-update Still stuck, already retried.. no progress :([21:46]* mark_vh (~pi@a91-152-107-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi) Quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds)[21:47]* timewa1ker (~timewalke@h-144-204.a176.priv.bahnhof.se) has joined #raspberrypi[21:47]<Mement> Some tutorials from SimonThePiMan outdated perhaps?[21:47]<buzzsaw> steve_rox: M$ has been trying for years..[21:48]<steve_rox> yeah but now they are getting serious about it[21:49]<steve_rox> what a mess[21:49]* plugwash (~plugwash@2001:5c0:1400:a::361) has joined #raspberrypi[21:50]* dangerousdave (~dangerous@78.156.71.46) has joined #raspberrypi[21:51]* robscomputer (~robscompu@nat/yahoo/x-sgcenswblgdqniai) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer)[21:52]* mark_vh (~pi@a91-152-107-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi) has joined #raspberrypi[21:53]* cpg|away is now known as cpg[21:53]* robscomputer (~robscompu@nat/yahoo/x-dodbesjzehumphdr) has joined #raspberrypi[21:54]* kolya 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